{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7224532888","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","title":"The relationship between faith-based practices, mental health literacy and probable psychiatric morbidity among primary care users in T\u00fcrkiye: a cross-sectional study","display_name":"The relationship between faith-based practices, mental health literacy and probable psychiatric morbidity among primary care users in T\u00fcrkiye: a cross-sectional study","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7224532888","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764871139","display_name":"BMC Psychology","issn_l":"2050-7283","issn":["2050-7283"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-d","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320256","host_organization_name":"BioMed Central","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320256","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["BioMed Central","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"BMC Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074518829","display_name":"Ay\u015fe Kuzu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0181-8747","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0181-8747"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3017902709","display_name":"Zonguldak B\u00fclent Ecevit University","ror":"https://ror.org/01dvabv26","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3017902709"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Ay\u015fe KUZU DURMAZ","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ahmet Erdo\u011fan Vocational School of Health, Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Zonguldak B\u00fclent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, T\u00fcrkiye"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ahmet Erdo\u011fan Vocational School of Health, Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Zonguldak B\u00fclent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, T\u00fcrkiye","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3017902709"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5074518829"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3017902709"],"apc_list":{"value":1990,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1990},"apc_paid":{"value":1990,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1990},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.8584278,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10509","display_name":"Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3306","display_name":"Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10509","display_name":"Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3306","display_name":"Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10272","display_name":"Mental Health Treatment and Access","score":0.0010999999940395355,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2738","display_name":"Psychiatry and Mental health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12194","display_name":"Cultural Competency in Health Care","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mental-health-literacy","display_name":"mental health literacy","score":0.9929999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/islamic-beliefs","display_name":"Islamic beliefs","score":0.8529999852180481},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religious-coping","display_name":"religious coping","score":0.5099999904632568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/prayer","display_name":"prayer","score":0.3869999945163727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evil-eye","display_name":"evil eye","score":0.7680000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/primary-care-users","display_name":"primary care users","score":0.8550000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/turkish-culture","display_name":"Turkish culture","score":0.718999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mental-health-stigma","display_name":"mental health stigma","score":0.6269999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/help-seeking","display_name":"help-seeking","score":0.5400000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociodemographic-factors","display_name":"sociodemographic factors","score":0.6269999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/family-health-centers","display_name":"family health centers","score":0.6990000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ghq-28","display_name":"GHQ-28","score":0.7990000247955322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mental-health-literacy-scale","display_name":"Mental Health Literacy Scale","score":0.9800000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religion-and-mental-health","display_name":"religion and mental health","score":0.5139999985694885}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134362201","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317309","display_name":"Mental health","level":2,"score":0.6744999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C547764534","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8236","display_name":"Literacy","level":2,"score":0.612500011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781121862","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q256","display_name":"Turkish","level":2,"score":0.6115999817848206},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118552586","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7867","display_name":"Psychiatry","level":1,"score":0.5774999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53059260","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374758","display_name":"Multilevel model","level":2,"score":0.5371000170707703},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777477151","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40953","display_name":"Prayer","level":2,"score":0.48179998993873596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984752397","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3259956","display_name":"Primary care","level":2,"score":0.4790000021457672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.47690001130104065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778843546","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3097973","display_name":"Health literacy","level":3,"score":0.4433000087738037},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778755073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10858537","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","level":2,"score":0.4237000048160553},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776087414","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6817469","display_name":"Mental health literacy","level":4,"score":0.41690000891685486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.40459999442100525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152877465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208042","display_name":"Regression analysis","level":2,"score":0.38530001044273376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.3799000084400177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C196083921","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7915758","display_name":"Variance (accounting)","level":2,"score":0.35350000858306885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C70410870","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199906","display_name":"Clinical psychology","level":1,"score":0.3441999852657318},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138528620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2510752","display_name":"Explained variation","level":2,"score":0.3192000091075897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160735492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31207","display_name":"Health care","level":2,"score":0.31349998712539673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163432668","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q623543","display_name":"Primary health care","level":3,"score":0.3086000084877014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.30559998750686646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138816342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189603","display_name":"Public health","level":2,"score":0.27390000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99476002","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42297","display_name":"Analysis of variance","level":2,"score":0.25119999051094055}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764871139","display_name":"BMC Psychology","issn_l":"2050-7283","issn":["2050-7283"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-d","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320256","host_organization_name":"BioMed Central","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320256","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["BioMed Central","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"BMC Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05873-9","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764871139","display_name":"BMC Psychology","issn_l":"2050-7283","issn":["2050-7283"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-d","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320256","host_organization_name":"BioMed Central","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320256","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["BioMed Central","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"BMC Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.9922999739646912}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4408908253","https://openalex.org/W2291596347","https://openalex.org/W7100810400","https://openalex.org/W7028841729","https://openalex.org/W2135610489","https://openalex.org/W4394756490","https://openalex.org/W2954227692","https://openalex.org/W1600251322","https://openalex.org/W7215253502","https://openalex.org/W2897726619"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Although":[0],"scientific":[1],"treatments":[2],"for":[3],"psychiatric":[4,33,286],"disorders":[5],"are":[6],"available":[7],"today,":[8],"religious":[9],"beliefs":[10,49],"continue":[11],"to":[12,18,27,44,261,310],"influence":[13],"attitudes":[14],"and":[15,39,47,57,76,90,96,101,119,129,303,312,317],"behaviors":[16],"related":[17],"mental":[19,35,266,315,319],"health":[20,36,67,267,316,320],"in":[21,69,143],"Turkish":[22,45],"society.":[23],"This":[24,54],"study":[25,59,295],"aimed":[26],"examine":[28],"the":[29,84,91,123,133,137,144,162,194,197,221,232,298],"relationship":[30],"between":[31,73],"probable":[32,285],"morbidity,":[34],"literacy":[37,268],"(MHL),":[38],"faith-based":[40,114],"practices":[41,121],"(FBPs)":[42],"specific":[43],"culture":[46],"Islamic":[48],"among":[50],"primary":[51,307],"care":[52],"users.":[53],"descriptive,":[55],"correlational,":[56],"cross-sectional":[58],"included":[60],"335":[61],"individuals":[62],"receiving":[63],"services":[64,309],"from":[65],"family":[66],"centers":[68],"Zonguldak":[70],"city":[71],"center":[72],"April":[74],"1":[75],"May":[77],"1,":[78],"2024.":[79],"Data":[80],"were":[81,174],"collected":[82],"using":[83,98,110],"Mental":[85],"Health":[86,93],"Literacy":[87],"Scale":[88],"(MHLS)":[89],"General":[92],"Questionnaire-28":[94],"(GHQ-28)":[95],"analyzed":[97],"t-tests,":[99],"ANOVA,":[100],"hierarchical":[102,134],"regression":[103,135],"analysis.":[104],"The":[105,253,294],"majority":[106],"of":[107,170,229,234,255,284,300],"participants":[108],"reported":[109],"at":[111],"least":[112],"one":[113],"practice,":[115],"such":[116],"as":[117],"prayer":[118],"worship,":[120],"against":[122],"evil":[124],"eye,":[125],"drinking":[126,256],"blessed":[127,257],"water,":[128],"visiting":[130,276],"shrines.":[131],"In":[132,193],"analysis,":[136],"variance":[138,164,223],"explained":[139,163,222],"by":[140],"sociodemographic":[141,201],"variables":[142,202],"MHLS":[145],"model":[146,199],"was":[147,203,259,278],"17%":[148],"(R":[149],"2":[150,154],"=0.170,":[151],"adjusted":[152,179,210,239],"R":[153],"=0.154,":[155],"F":[156,186,214,246],"=":[157,177,181,184,188,191,208,212,215,218,237,241,244,248,251,270,273,289,292],"10.542,":[158],"p":[159,190,217,250,272,291],"<.001)":[160],"whereas":[161,220,275],"reached":[165,224],"20.9%":[166],"with":[167,226,264,280],"an":[168,227],"increase":[169,228],"3.9%":[171],"when":[172],"FBPs":[173,235],"added":[175],"(R\u00b2":[176,207,236],"0.209,":[178],"R\u00b2":[180,183,211,240,243],"0.175,":[182],"0.039,":[185],"change":[187,247],"2.144,":[189],".039).":[192],"GHQ-28":[195],"model,":[196],"initial":[198],"including":[200],"not":[204],"statistically":[205],"significant":[206],"0.020,":[209],"0.001,":[213],"1.060,":[216],".387),":[219],"8.9%,":[225],"6.9%":[230],"following":[231],"addition":[233],"0.089,":[238],"0.050,":[242],"0.069,":[245],"3.264,":[249],".002).":[252],"practice":[254],"water":[258],"found":[260],"be":[262],"associated":[263,279],"lower":[265],"(B":[269,288],"-2.247,":[271],".005),":[274],"shrines":[277],"a":[281],"higher":[282],"risk":[283],"morbidity":[287],"4.368,":[290],".004).":[293],"findings":[296],"highlight":[297],"importance":[299],"integrating":[301],"culturally":[302],"faith-sensitive":[304],"approaches":[305],"into":[306],"healthcare":[308],"protect":[311],"promote":[313],"community":[314],"enhance":[318],"literacy.":[321]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-03T10:50:19.383937","created_date":"2026-10-30T00:00:00"}