Psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients with chronic diseases: Validation of the Chinese version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-115

  Büssing, Arndt ^a   Zhai, Xiao Feng ^b   Peng, Wen Bo ^b   Ling, Chang Quan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chronic disease; Psychological; Psychology; Questionnaires; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL NEEDS QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84875618771     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jintegrmed2013020     Document Type: Article

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