Religiosity and self efficacy in complete denture wearer.
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Date
2019
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AKINBOBOYE B O
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Abstract
Objective: Religiosity has been reported to contribute
to psychological well-being. Psychological well-being
has a significant influence on satisfaction of complete
denture treatment among other factors. Satisfaction of
complete denture results in improved self-efficacy. It is
expected that there should be a significant association
between religiosity and self-efficacy of denture
treatment in complete denture wearer. The objective is
to determine the association between religiosity and
self-efficacy among complete denture wearer.
Methods: Participants wearing complete denture for a
minimum period of 2 years were administered
standardized psychological instrument (19 items) used
to test for religiosity and 12 items for self-efficacy. A
Likert scale of maximum score of 4 was used for each
item. Data was gathered and analysed using IBM SPSS
version 21. Categorical variables were presented as
frequencies and percentages. Spearman Correlation
test was performed.
Results: Thirty participants were recruited but only 28
conformed to study protocol. Mean age was 62 ± 0.50
years, 18 (64.3%) participants were males while 10
(35.7%) were females. Religious affiliations of
participants were either Christian (21; 75%) or Islamic
religion (7; 25%). Median score of spirituality was 43.5
and denture self-efficacy was 30. Spearman rank
correlation test to determine the relationship between
spirituality and denture self -efficacy values showed a
weak positive monotonic relationship (rs = 0.13, n = 28,
p=0.40).
Conclusion: There is a weak positive association
between religiosity and denture self-efficacy, which is
not significant. Religiosity does not necessarily
determine self - efficacy in denture wearers.