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The relationship between measures of religiosity and the prevalence and outcome of COVID-19: a population-level pilot study
Ravi Philip Rajkumar
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2699-7438
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Religious belief and practice are associated with better mental and physical health as well as prosocial behaviour, both of which may influence the wide variations in prevalence and mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic observed to date. This study examined the association between measures of religious affiliation and practice and indices of the prevalence and mortality of COVID-19 across nations, and found evidence for a possible protective effect of religious belief and practice on the spread of COVID-19 as well as on mortality rates. This requires further investigation at a local and individual level.
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COVID-19, religiosity, prevalence, mortality
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Research Article
The relationship between measures of religiosity and the prevalence and outcome of COVID-19: a population-level pilot study
Ravi Philip Rajkumar
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2699-7438
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Religious belief and practice are associated with better mental and physical health as well as prosocial behaviour, both of which may influence the wide variations in prevalence and mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic observed to date. This study examined the association between measures of religious affiliation and practice and indices of the prevalence and mortality of COVID-19 across nations, and found evidence for a possible protective effect of religious belief and practice on the spread of COVID-19 as well as on mortality rates. This requires further investigation at a local and individual level.