Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2021; 117(3): 599-613
Position Statement on Hypertension and Spirituality – 2021
Fernando Nobre
, Roberto Esporcatte
, Andréa Araujo Brandão
, Álvaro Avezum Jr.
, Audes Diógenes Magalhães Feitosa
, Celso Amodeo
, Eduardo Costa Duarte Barbosa
, Emilio Hideyuki Moriguchi
, Fernando Antônio Lucchese
, Hermilo Borba Griz, José Carlos Nicolau
, Lucélia Batista Neves Cunha Magalhães
, Marco Antônio Mota-Gomes
, Mario Henrique Elesbão de Borba
, Mauro Ricardo Nunes Pontes, Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim
, Pedro Pimenta de Mello Spineti
, Ricardo Mourilhe-Rocha
, Roberto Dischinger Miranda
, Sérgio Lívio Menezes Couceiro
, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso
Basic Concepts about Spirituality and Forms of Evaluation
The definitions of spirituality and religiosity vary in different cultural and religious environments. There is a diversity of concepts without a clear definition, and the term is used inaccurately and inconsistently, which impedes measurement.
The Brazilian Society of Cardiology’s Department of Spirituality Studies and Cardiovascular Medicine considers spirituality “a set of observable and measurable moral, mental. and emotional values that are motivated by the will and guide thoughts, behaviors, and attitudes in intra- and interpersonal relationships”. Spirituality should be valued and is applicable to all individuals, regardless of religious affiliation, including atheists, agnostics and those with no religious affiliation or who do not observe its precepts.
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