Τίτλος:
Assessing spirituality and religiousness in advanced cancer patients
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
The aim of this study was to translate the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale into the Greek language and validate its psychometric properties in a sample of advanced cancer patients treated in a palliative care unit. The scale was translated into Greek with the "forward-backward" procedure. It was administered twice, with a 3-day interval, to 82 patients with advanced cancer. Patients completed the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale and the Greek Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The scale had an overall Cronbach α of 0.89. Overall test-retest reliability was satisfactory at P < .0005. Satisfactory construct validity was supported between the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale subscales and Hospital Anxiety and Depression subscales. Interscale and interitem correlations were found satisfactory at P < .0005. These results support that the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale is an instrument with satisfactory psychometric properties and is a valid research tool for spirituality in advanced cancer patients. © 2007 Sage Publications.
Συγγραφείς:
Mystakidou, K.
Tsilika, E.
Parpa, E.
Smyrnioti, M.
Vlahos, L.
Περιοδικό:
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
adult; aged; anxiety; article; depression; factorial analysis; female; Greece; human; male; methodology; middle aged; neoplasm; palliative therapy; psychological aspect; psychometry; publication; questionnaire; religion; reproducibility; standard; validation study, Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anxiety; Depression; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Greece; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Palliative Care; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Religion and Medicine; Reproducibility of Results; Spirituality; Translations
DOI:
10.1177/1049909106294880
