Designing and psychometric properties of the hospitalized patients' spiritual needs questionnaire (HPSNQ) in the medical-surgical hospital setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The evaluation of spiritual requirements in patients can facilitate the delivery of spiritual care as an essential element of holistic healthcare. The objective of this research was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a questionnaire on patients' spiritual needs in medical-surgical hospital settings.

Methods

This research utilized an exploratory sequential design, involving the creation of a pool of items through both inductive and deductive methods. The questionnaire's psychometric properties were then assessed using various techniques, such as face and content validity, item analysis, construct validity, internal consistency, stability, confirmatory factor analysis, and the Gradual Response Model of Samejima. The data analysis was conducted us

SUBMITTER: Hosseini FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403866 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature