'Peace' and 'life worthwhile' as measures of spiritual well-being in African palliative care: A mixed-methods study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Hospice Africa Uganda   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^h Church of Scotland Hospital   (South Africa)

ⁱ South Coast Hospice   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Content validity; Outcome measurement; Palliative care; Spiritual well being; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AFRICAN PALLIATIVE OUTCOME SCALE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEACE; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; UGANDA; WELLBEING;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SPIRITUALITY; UGANDA;

EID: 84878744800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-94     Document Type: Article

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