Religiosidade e estilo de vida de uma população adulta

Objective: to characterize the profile of religiosity and lifestyle of an adult population and to analyze the association between these variables. Methods: Quantitative descriptive cross-sectional research conducted with participants (n=206) of two Health Fairs held in the city of Sao Paulo on October, 10th 2013 and May, 4th 2014. Two questionnaires were applied, The Duke University Religion Index (DUREL, subdivided into the dimensions Organizational, Non-organizational and Intrinsic Religiosity) and the FANTASTIC Lifestyle Assessment. Spearman’s Rho test was performed to associate the variables “lifestyle” and “religiosity”, and the chi-squared test was used for the bivariate analysis between sex and religiosity. Results: We found a mostly good religiosity profile in the three dimensions, particularly the Intrinsic Religiosity, which reached 83.5% (n=167) in the three questions. As to lifestyle (FANTASTIC), the following rating was obtained: 26.6% (n=34) “Good”, 48.4% (n=62) “Very Good”, and 12.5% (n=16) “Excellent”. Of the 125 bivariate analysis, 13 (11.3%) presented a weak (ρ