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Body Sanctification and Sleep in Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis: A Pilot Study

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Imbuing one’s body with divine significance is associated with health-protective behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine whether adolescents with a life-shortening, chronic disease (cystic fibrosis) who sanctified their bodies also received adequate sleep. Data from Daily Phone Diaries and questionnaire replies from 45 adolescents with cystic fibrosis (ages 11–19 years) were analyzed. A significant relationship between body sanctification and sleep was found, with between-gender differences. Body sanctification is an understudied construct which is associated with healthy behaviors.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Rhonda Szczesniak, PhD and Yuanshu Zhou, MS (Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology) for assistance with the analyses; Sarah Beal, PhD (Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology) for critical review of a draft of this manuscript; J. Denise Wetzel, Medical Writer, for review and editing of the final manuscript; and Sophia Stamper, Matthew Veerkamp, Sarah Lohbeck, Colin Lozier, Emily Smith, Elizabeth Lind, Vasilios Zois, Alec Marshall, Alain McCracken, and Michael Price for assistance with data collection.

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This study was partially funded by the Medical Student Scholars Program in Pediatrics and a Place Outcomes Research Award from the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Antonia T. Kopp, Barbara A. Chini & Daniel H. Grossoehme

  2. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, MLC 2021, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA

    Antonia T. Kopp, Barbara A. Chini, Sophia M. Dimitriou & Daniel H. Grossoehme

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Kopp, A.T., Chini, B.A., Dimitriou, S.M. et al. Body Sanctification and Sleep in Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis: A Pilot Study. J Relig Health 56, 1837–1845 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0415-z

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