A New Questionnaire (QRFPC25) Regarding the Religiosity and Spirituality in People with Life-Threatening Disease: Reliability and Validity in a Population of Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy

The development of a questionnaire (QRFPC25) assessing the religiosity of cancer patients. The method used for the questionnaire comprises seven multi-item and three single-item scales formed from a 25-question module. The questionnaire was completed on-site and a week after antineoplastic therapy....

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Published in:Journal of religion and health 2017-08, Vol.56 (4), p.1137-1154
Main Authors: Kouloulias, Vassilis, Kokakis, John, Kelekis, Nikolaos, Kouvaris, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Bioethics
Cancer
Clinical Psychology
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Original Paper
Patients
Psychometrics
Public Health
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Radiation therapy
Religion
Religiosity
Religious beliefs
Religious identity
Religious Studies
Reproducibility of Results
Spirituality
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Worship
Young Adult
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Summary:The development of a questionnaire (QRFPC25) assessing the religiosity of cancer patients. The method used for the questionnaire comprises seven multi-item and three single-item scales formed from a 25-question module. The questionnaire was completed on-site and a week after antineoplastic therapy. The final sample included 156 patients. The main topics of the QRFPC25 are the following: worship, relationship with the divine, spiritual discussion, hope, participation in holly communion, faith, life after death, love, bioethics and global quality of life (QoL). The average time of both times taken to complete the questionnaire was approximately 10 min. All multi-item scales met the minimal standards of reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient ≥.70) before or after treatment. Test–retest reliability in terms of the intraclass correlation coefficient was also satisfactory (p < 0.01). Validity was assured by inter-item correlations and correlations with the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer's Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30, version 3.0), along with factor analysis which showed eight factors incorporated in the model. The QRFPC25 is a reliable and valid gauge for the assessment of religiosity in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy.
ISSN:0022-4197
1573-6571
DOI:10.1007/s10943-016-0310-z