Open AccessDevelopment and psychometric assessment of a spirituality questionnaire for Indian Palliative Care Patients
Author(s) -
Sushma Bhatnagar,
Simon Noble,
Santosh K. Chaturvedi,
Joris Gielen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.173939
Subject(s) - medicine , spirituality , internal consistency , palliative care , exploratory factor analysis , clinical psychology , marital status , family medicine , psychometrics , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology , population , environmental health
There are only a few studies on spirituality among palliative care patients in India. This gap in research may be caused by the absence of relevant questionnaires and scales specifically designed for Indian palliative care populations. In this study, we describe the development of such a questionnaire and explain its psychometric characteristics.