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Validation of the Spiritual Distress Scale in Portuguese cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a methodological study

dc.contributor.authorMartins, Helga
dc.contributor.authorCaldeira, Sílvia
dc.contributor.authorDomingues, Tiago Dias
dc.contributor.authorVieira, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorKu, Ya-Lie
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T15:11:47Z
dc.date.available2019-11-06T15:11:47Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractSpiritual distress may ascend from unmet spiritual needs. The use of instruments to measure spiritual distress seems to facilitate the approach to spirituality, such as the Spiritual Distress Scale (SDS) that has been used worldwide. No instrument to assess spiritual distress in cancer patients is currently available in Portugal. This study aims to conduct the translation, adaptation and validation of the SDS in Portuguese cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Methodological study based on Sousa and Rojjanasrirat (2011), a seven-step approach, started with the linguistic translation to the psychometric tests. The main participants (55.4%) were older than 60 years; about 64.7% were females, married (68.0%), and 86.7% were Catholic. Moderate spiritual distress was experienced by 49.3% of the participants. Linguistic and conceptual equivalences were obtained. The SDS European Portuguese version has an overall Cronbach’s alpha of 0.91, and the subscales were as follows: “relationship with self” (0.92), “relationship with others” (0.63), “relationship with God” (0.64) and “facing death” (0.85). Four factors emerged after Varimax rotation. Overall, these results indicate that the SDS European Portuguese version has good psychometric characteristics and can used in assessing spiritual distress in cancer patients.
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dc.identifier.citationMartins, Caldeira, Domingues, Vieira, & Ku. (2019). Validation of the Spiritual Distress Scale in Portuguese cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a methodological study. Religions, 10(11), 599. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10110599pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/rel10110599pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85074507760
dc.identifier.eissn2077-1444
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/28588
dc.identifier.wos000501816600036
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAssessment
dc.subjectCancer
dc.subjectNursing
dc.subjectSpiritual distress
dc.subjectTool
dc.subjectValidation
dc.titleValidation of the Spiritual Distress Scale in Portuguese cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a methodological studypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue11
oaire.citation.titleReligions
oaire.citation.volume10
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person.givenNameHelga
person.givenNameMargarida
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