Spiritual needs of patients with chronic pain diseases and cancer - Validation of the spiritual needs questionnaire

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 266-273

  Büssing, Arndt ^a   Balzat, H J ^b   Heusser, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Questionnaire; Spiritual needs; Spirituality; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL NEED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPPORT GROUP; THERAPY EFFECT; VALIDATION STUDY; ACTIVELY GIVING; AGE; ANONYMISED DATA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXISTENTIALISTIC NEED; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN NEEDS; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NEED FOR INNER PEACE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS NEED; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF COMPETENT ATTENTION; SOCIAL NEEDS; SPIRITUAL NEED; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY; WELLBEING;

EID: 77954416120     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-15-6-266     Document Type: Article

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