Correlation between religiosity, spirituality and quality of life in adolescents with and without cleft lip and palate.
Francely Tineli Farinha, Fábio Luiz Banhara, Gesiane Cristina Bom and 3 others
PMID 30379245WHAT IT FOUND
Adolescents with cleft lip and palate reported higher overall quality of life than peers without clefts.
Spirituality correlated with this overall quality of life, but religiosity did not. The study did not prove that spirituality causes better quality of life.
Key findings
01Adolescents with cleft lip and palate had significantly higher median scores for overall quality of life and the environment domain compared to adolescents without clefts.
02In adolescents with cleft lip and palate, spirituality showed a moderate correlation with overall quality of life, but no significant correlations were found between religiosity and quality of life domains.
03The study design was cross-sectional, meaning it captured a single moment in time and cannot determine whether spirituality improves quality of life or if quality of life influences spirituality.
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What it does not show
The study was monocentric and cross-sectional, so it cannot establish cause and effect. The sample size was small (40 per group), limiting the generalizability of the findings. The WHOQOL-Bref and DUREL instruments were not specifically validated for adolescents in Brazil, though they have been used in similar populations. Sampling was consecutive and non-probabilistic, which may introduce selection bias.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that encouraging spirituality will improve quality of life for adolescents with cleft lip and palate. The study is cross-sectional, meaning it only observed an association at one point in time. It cannot prove that spirituality caused the higher quality of life scores, nor can it rule out that adolescents with better quality of life are more likely to engage in spiritual practices.