Abstract:
The research investigated the influence of religiosity on the psychological well
being (PWB) of persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) receiving dialysis
treatment at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital-Ghana. The descriptive cross
sectional survey design was employed and the purposive sampling technique
was used in selecting sixty-two (62) CKD patients for the study. Data was
collected on the respondents’ demographic characteristics, their religiosity, and
their PWB using demographic questionnaire, adapted Centrality of Religiosity
Scale interreligious version (CRSi-18) and an adapted Ryff’s Psychological
Well-being Scale (SPWB-32). Results from Pearson’s product moment
correlations revealed that overall levels of religiosity had a significant positive
relationship with overall levels of PWB. Again, four components of religiosity
(ideological, public practice, private practice, and experiential) had significant
positive relationship with overall PWB. From hierarchical regression analysis,
experiential religiosity was found to be the most significant predictor of the
PWB of CKD patients. Further, partial correlation also found that age and
duration of respondents’ CKD had significant influence on the relationship
between respondents’ religiosity and their PWB. Finally, findings from
independent samples t-test revealed no gender difference in the CKD patients
overall PWB. It was recommended that healthcare agencies in Ghana should
encourage religious-based interventions in Ghanaian health services in order to
address patients’ religious needs in relation to their PWB
