Psychometric Testing of a Spiritual Well-being Scale for People with Cancer
Keywords:
Cancer, Psychometric testing, Spiritual well-being, ThailandAbstract
Spiritual well-being is crucial to the health outcomes of people with cancer and is influenced by culture, religious perspectives, and the characteristics of particular societies. There was no Thai instrument that measured this important concept, consequently, the Spiritual Well-being Scale for People with Cancer was developed by researchers and its psychometric properties were tested in this study. This instrument contains 20 items and the content validity index was .88. People with cancer aged 18 years and over, who had at least two experiences of treatment, and could communicate in the Thai language were selected to be study participants. The dimensions of spiritual well-being were identified using exploratory factor analysis (n = 190) and internal consistency testing. Four factors accounting for 58.35% of the total variance were: spiritual strengthening, spiritual suffering, spiritual uncertainty, and spiritual readiness. The confirmatory factor analysis was tested (n = 203), and the results indicated that the measurement model had a good fit with the data. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the entire scale was .76. The correlation coefficient was tested with the other three instruments, and the results were between .58 and .75 (p < .001).
The instrument has an acceptable level of content, construct, and concurrent validity, as well as internal consistency reliability. Nurses and other healthcare profession can use this instrument to assess and evaluate intervention designs to improve the spiritual well-being of people with cancer. It is recommended that the scale be further tested with other groups of people with cancer in Thailand.
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2. Chaiviboontham S, Viwatwongkasem C, Hanucharurnkul S, McCorkle R. Symptom clusters in Thais with advanced cancer. Pacific Rim Int J Nurs Res 2011; 15(4): 265-77.
3. Daniel W, Kylie O. Cancer and cancer-related fatigue and the interrelationships with depression, stress and inflammation. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med 2017; 22(3): 502-12.
4. Margari N, Karapoulios D, Getsios I, Rizou V, Kostopoulou S, Balodimou C.et al. Anxiety and depression in lung cancer patients. Int J Caring Sci 2016; 9 (1): 308-13.
5. Kirchhoff AC, Fowler B, Warner EL, Pannier ST, Fair D, Spraker-Perlman H.et al. Supporting adolescents and young adults with cancer: oncology provider perceptions of adolescent and young adult unmet needs. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2017; 6(4):519-23.
6. Forouzi MA, Tirgari B, Safarizadeh MH, Jahani Y. Spiritual needs and quality of life of patients with cancer. Indian J Palliat Care 2017; 23: 437-44.
7. Faeze T, Maryam R, Manighea N, Nasrin B, Azam SF, Fatemeh N. The effect of spiritual care on adolescents coping with cancer. Holist Nurs Pract 2018; 32(3):149–159.
8. Dahal A, Meheta RK. Fatigue experience and coping strategies among cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. J Nepal Health Res Counc 2018; 16 (3):285-90.
9. Rawdin B, Evans C, Rabow MW. The relationships among hope, pain, psychological, distress, and spiritual wellbeing in oncology outpatients. J Palliat Med 2013; 16(2):167-72.
10. Cha KM, Kang SY, Hyun SY, Noh JS, Shin YM, Kim NH. Mediating effect of interpersonal coping on meaning in spirituality and quality of life and the influences of depression and anxiety thereon in cancer patients. Palliat Support Care 2018; 5: 1-8.
11. Rafsanjani TH, Arab M, Ravari A, Miri S, Safarpour H. A study on the effects of spiritual group therapy on hope and the mental and spiritual health of patients with colorectal cancer. Prog Palliat Care 2017; 25(4): 171-6.
12. Hao-Zhi X, Lei G, Hong Y, Bao-Xin S. Exploring meaning in the life of Chinese breast cancer survivors. Cancer Nurs 2018; 41(2):124-130.
13. Gonzalez P, Castañeda SF, Dale J, Medeiros EA, Buelna C, Nuñez A, et al. Spiritual well-being and depressive symptoms among cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer 2014; 22: 2393-400.
14. Goyal NG, Lp EH, Salsman JM, Avis NE. Spirituality and physical health status: a longitudinal examination of reciprocal effects in breast cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer 2018; 1-7.
15. Wiriyasombat R, Pothiban L, Panuthai S, Sucamvang K, Saengthong S. Effectiveness of Buddhist doctrine practicebased programs in enhancing spiritual well-being, Coping and sleep quality of Thai elders. Pacific Rim Int J Nurs Res 2011; 15(3): 203-19.
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19. Noipiang T. Perceived severity of illness, social support, and spiritual well-being among breast cancer patients. [master’ Thesis]. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Chiang Mai Univ.; 2002 [in Thai].
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39. Mills AC, Wong-Anuchit C, Poogpan J. A concept analysis of Thum-jai: A Thai coping strategy. Pacific Rim Int J Nurs Res 2017; 21(3) : 234-43.
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