The purpose of this study was to develop and examine the psychometric properties of the Croatian version of the Duke
Religion Index (DUREL-hr) and to examine religiousness trend among medical students of different study years. Our
results demonstrated high internal consistency (Coefficient Alpha ranging from 0.883 for the total scale to 0.9398 for the
intrinsic subscale) of DUREL-hr as well as students’ religiousness results comparable to other studies on the religiousness
of the youth in Croatia. DUREL-hr is a reliable and valid instrument suitable to use in Croatian language. Authors encourage
studies on the relationship of religiousness and health in Croatia