A test of the factor structure of the patient spiritual needs assessment scale

Holist Nurs Pract. 2006 Jul-Aug;20(4):187-90. doi: 10.1097/00004650-200607000-00006.

Abstract

Factor analysis was conducted on the responses of 683 individuals who completed a 24-item version of the Patient Spiritual Needs Assessment Scale. The results provided strong support for 4 of the 6 dimensions of spiritual needs and weaker support for one of the others. The 6 dimensions were appreciation of art and beauty, meaning and purpose, love and belonging, death/resolution, positivity/gratitude/hope/peace, and the Divine. The coherence of the dimensions is discussed in the context of the scale's intended application.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Holistic Nursing / methods*
  • Humans
  • Models, Nursing
  • Needs Assessment / standards*
  • Nurse's Role*
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Nursing Assessment / methods*
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Pastoral Care / methods
  • Qualitative Research
  • Spirituality*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires