The "spirit 8" successfully captured spiritual well-being in African palliative care: Factor and Rasch analysis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 434-443

  Selman, Lucy ^a   Siegert, Richard J ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Agupio, Godfrey ^b   Dinat, Natalya ^c   Downing, Julia ^d   Gwyther, Liz ^e   Mashao, Thandi ^f   Mmoledi, Keletso ^c   Moll, Tony ^g   Sebuyira, Lydia Mpanga ^h   Ikin, Barbara ⁱ   Harding, Richard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospice Africa Uganda   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^e Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g Church of Scotland Hospital   (South Africa)

^h MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

ⁱ Msunduzi Hospice   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Factor analysis; Measurement; Palliative; Spirituality; SWB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIRITUALITY; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857520689     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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