Introduction:

Spirituality, by providing positive coping or religious/spiritual coping, mobilizes resilience, a positive worldview, and a support network, thereby promoting physical and mental health.

Objective:

To identify spiritual religious coping by analyzing the association between sociodemographic/educational variables and the level of spiritual guidance among health residents in Recife.

Method:

This was a cross-sectional, exploratory, and quantitative analytical study. Spirituality was assessed using the Spirituality Self Rating Scale (SSRS), and religious coping was measured by the Brief Religious/Spiritual Coping Scale (RSC-Brief). The collected data were analyzed using Stata 12.1 software, with crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) estimated, and 95% confidence intervals (CI). The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of IMIP under CAAE N. 42807221.2.0000.5201.

Result:

Of the 107 participants, the majority were aged between 21 and 25 years (45.8%), female (79.4%), enrolled in multidisciplinary residency programs (50.5%), and attending the first year of their course (89.7%). Positive religious coping was identified as medium, high, or very high in 69.2% of participants, while low or no negative religious coping was found in 93.4%, and medium/high spiritual guidance in 57%. Residents with Lato Sensu postgraduate qualifications showed a 40% higher prevalence ratio for having a medium/high level of spiritual guidance compared to those with only undergraduate education, and this ratio was 46% higher in the nursing area when compared to the other fields.

Conclusion:

Spirituality and religious coping were more prevalent among nursing professionals and those with higher academic qualifications.

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