Abstract Background Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) face continuous challenges that affect their quality of life (QoL). Religious and spiritual factors may act as coping strategies. Objective: To identify the correlation between religious and spiritual coping, QoL, disease-related knowledge, and treatment adherence. Methods A cross-sectional and descriptive study including 63 patients with IBD. Clinical data, QoL, medication adherence, and disease knowledge were assessed. Coping was evaluated using the Brief COPE scale, and religiosity and spirituality were assessed through the Religious and Spiritual Coping Questionnaire (CRE). Results The study included 37 patients with Crohn’s disease and 26 with ulcerative colitis; 63.4% were female, 50.7% had comorbidities, and 85.7% reported being of Evangelical/Christian faith. Previous hospitalisation was reported by 58.7%, and 38% had undergone surgery. QoL was classified as good/excellent in 61.9% of participants, while 57.1% showed low treatment adherence. A correlation was found between Brief COPE and CRE scores (r = 0.537; p 0.001), indicating that individuals with higher coping levels demonstrated greater resilience. The total resilience score showed a negative correlation with the emotional (r = –0.270; p = 0.033) and total (r = –0.297; p = 0.018) domains of the IBDQ, suggesting that higher resilience levels are associated with better QoL. A positive correlation was observed between the Brief COPE and CCKNOW scores (r = 0.230; p = 0.026), indicating that individuals with higher levels of positive coping demonstrated greater knowledge about their disease. No correlation was found with the Morisky score. Conclusion Religiosity and spirituality positively influence resilience and quality of life and should be valued within the multidisciplinary care of patients with IBD. References: Koenig HG. Religion, spirituality, and health: a review and update. Adv Mind Body Med. 2015;29(3):19-26. Koenig HG. Religion, spirituality, and health: the research and clinical implications. ISRN Psychiatry. 2012;2012:278730. Pargament KI, Feuille M, Burdzy D. The Brief RCOPE: development and initial validation of a measure of religious coping. J Clin Psychol. 2011;67(6):613-626. Conflict of interest: Herrerias, Giedre: No conflict of interest Rodrigues De Oliveira Pinton, Rebeca: No conflict of interest Lopes, Marina: No conflict of interest Costa, Beatriz Gabriela Da: No conflict of interest Nunes Yoshio Yoshihara, Ryan: No conflict of interest Salvador Castelhano, Natalia: No conflict of interest Luísa Spiller, Amanda: No conflict of interest Ribeiro de Barros, Jaqueline: No conflict of interest Pinheiro Baima, Julio: No conflict of interest Yukie Sassaki, Ligia: No conflict of interest
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