Although there is consensus, in psychiatry, over the inclusion of religious and spiritual aspects when evaluating and treating the patient, investigation of these dimensions is rare. There is evidence as to the relationship between psychiatrists’ religious/spiritual beliefs and their willingness to discuss a patient’s religion and spirituality (R/S). Due to the lack of information about how psychiatrists in Brazil deal with R/S in patient care, the aim of the present study is to analyze the religious/spiritual profile of these professionals and to ascertain its influence on attitudes and behavior in clinical practice. Five hundred and ninety-two psychiatrists from Brazil answered a questionnaire about R/S in clinical practice. The latent profile analysis was used to search for differences of religious/spiritual profiles. The ANOVA and Pearson’s chi-square tests were employed to identify any correlation between clinical opinion and behaviors according to the different profiles. Two religious/spiritual profiles were identified (entropy value > 0,96): the so called “less religious” group (n = 245), comprised predominantly by men, professionally more experienced, with a higher level of academic education (Master or PhD degrees) and were the ones who least enquired about their patients’ R/S; and the “more religious” psychiatrists (n = 347) those who had higher consideration for R/S on health, and who more often addressed R/S with their patients and therefore usually ascribed importance to include R/S in their professional training. The latent profile analysis produced two distinct classes between the Brazilian psychiatrists according to their R/S views: the more religious professionals, who investigate the patient’s R/S in a more detailed manner, and the less religious, who tend to disregard this aspect.

中文翻译：

---

巴西精神科医生的宗教信仰和灵性模式及其对临床实践的影响：潜在特征分析

尽管在精神病学方面，在评估和治疗患者时就宗教和精神方面的纳入达成了共识，但很少对这些方面进行调查。有证据表明精神科医生的宗教/精神信仰与他们讨论患者的宗教和灵性（R / S）的意愿之间的关系。由于缺乏有关巴西精神科医生如何在患者护理中处理R / S的信息，因此本研究的目的是分析这些专业人员的宗教/精神特征，并确定其对临床实践中态度和行为的影响。来自巴西的592名精神科医生回答了有关R / S在临床实践中的问卷。潜在特征分析用于搜索宗教/精神特征的差异。采用ANOVA和Pearson的卡方检验来根据不同的特征识别临床意见和行为之间的任何相关性。确定了两个宗教/精神特征（熵值> 0.96）：所谓的“较少宗教”群体（n = 245），主要由男性组成，具有更多专业经验，接受较高水平的学术教育（硕士或博士学位）学位），是最不了解患者的R / S的人；以及“更虔诚”的精神科医生（n = 347），他们在健康方面对R / S的考虑更高，并且更经常与患者进行R / S交流，因此通常认为将R / S纳入其专业培训很重要。根据他们的R / S观点，潜在特征分析在巴西精神科医生之间产生了两个不同的类别：