Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of spiritual needs questionnaire with 27 items (SpNQ-Ch-27) in cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire with 27 items (SpNQ-Ch-27) for cancer patients.

Methods

A total of 457 cancer patients in a tertiary hospital in Xinjiang from March to July in 2017 were investigated by using the SpNQ-Ch-27 and convenient sampling method. They were recruited to validate the discrimination, reliability, and validity of the scale. According to the odd and even questionnaire numbers, data were divided into two groups to do exploratory factor analysis group and confirmatory factor analysis, respectively.

Results

SpNQ-Ch-27 included 27 items and six factors, which were extracted by using factor analysis. It could explain 63.08% of the total variance. The total scores of each dime

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6608647 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature