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Development of a One-item Screening Question to Assess Spiritual Well-Being for Advanced Cancer Inpatients in Korea.
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Journal of Pain & Symptom Management . Nov2021, Vol. 62 Issue 5, p910-917. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- <bold>Context: </bold>Spiritual well-being (SWB) is significant for patients with life-limiting illnesses. Thus, shortened versions of questions would be helpful in approaching SWB.<bold>Objectives: </bold>Our goal was to develop a one-item screening question to assess the SWB of advanced cancer inpatients.<bold>Methods: </bold>This was a cross-sectional, multicenter study involving adult advanced cancer inpatients from seven palliative care units in South Korea. The candidate one-item questions were three questions scored using numeric rating scales from 0 to 10: feeling at peace (Are you at peace?), self-rated spirituality (Do you think of yourself as a spiritual person?), and self-rated religiosity (Do you think of yourself as a religious person?). The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spirituality 12 (FACIT-Sp-12) comprised of two subscales Meaning/Peace and Faith was used to assess SWB. Pearson's correlation test was conducted to determine the relationship between the three questions, the total FACIT-Sp-12 score, and its subscales.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 202 patients were enrolled. A strong correlation was observed between self-rated spirituality (r = 0.732 and 0.790; P < 0.001 and < 0.001 respectively) and religiosity (r = 0.708 and 0.758; P < 0.001 and < 0.001 respectively) with the total FACIT-Sp-12 scores and faith subscale scores. Feeling at peace showed a moderate correlation with the total of FACIT-Sp-12 scores (r = 0.505, P < 0.01). All three questions had a moderate correlation with the meaning/peace subscale.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Self-rated spirituality and religiosity showed better convergence validity than feeling at peace. Therefore, we recommend self-rated spirituality or religiosity as a one-item question for screening SWB in inpatients with advanced cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PALLIATIVE treatment
*CANCER patients
*CHRONIC diseases
*FUNCTIONAL assessment
*SPIRITUALITY
*TUMOR diagnosis
*TUMOR treatment
*RESEARCH
*HOSPITAL patients
*CROSS-sectional method
*RESEARCH methodology
*EARLY detection of cancer
*MEDICAL cooperation
*EVALUATION research
*COMPARATIVE studies
*QUALITY of life
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08853924
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Pain & Symptom Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153225460
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.05.005