SynthesisJournal of religion and health2008
Spiritual assessment in African-Americans: a review of measures of spirituality used in health research.
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- Designing and psychometric properties of the hospitalized patients' spiritual needs questionnaire (HPSNQ) in the medical-surgical hospital setting.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
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- Participant Perspectives on the Effects of an African American Faith-Based Health Promotion Educational Intervention: a Qualitative Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- Investigating the effect of age and gender of users on improving spirituality by using EEG.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2021Article
- Spiritual Openness, Revisiting a Potentially Important Aspect of Spirituality: Scale Review and Revision.Journal of religion and health · 2018Article
- Testing domains of the healing experiences in all life stressors questionnaire in a cohort of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Chicago women.Psychology research and behavior management · 2017Article
- Religiosity in black and white older Americans: Measure adaptation, psychometric validation, and racial difference.Medicine · 2016Observational
- Multidimensional Approach Toward Spiritual Coping: Construction and Validation of the Spiritual Coping Questionnaire (SCQ).Journal of religion and health · 2015Article
- Closeness to God among those doing God's work: a spiritual well-being measure for clergy.Journal of religion and health · 2014Article
- Cultural differences in spiritual care: findings of an Israeli oncologic questionnaire examining patient interest in spiritual care.BMC palliative care · 2014Article
- 'Peace' and 'life worthwhile' as measures of spiritual well-being in African palliative care: a mixed-methods study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundA number of instruments have been developed for investigating relationships between spirituality and health, and have been used to assess spirituality in African-Americans. Yet, the cultural appropriateness for African-Americans of these instruments has not been investigated to date.
objectivesTo evaluate the construct validity and reliability of spirituality measures used in health research from 1982 to 2005.
methodSystematic review of the literature.
resultsThirty five studies and five measures of spirituality met the inclusion criteria. Most of the spirituality measures were developed in primarily Caucasian-American samples. African-Americans were represented in 71% of the studies (n = 25) using spirituality measures in health research. Distinct cultural attributes of African-American spirituality were omitted in most of the spirituality measures. Two studies were retrieved in which psychometric evaluation was conducted in entirely African-American samples. DISCUSSION: Spirituality is a significant cultural experience and belief that influences the health behaviors of African-Americans. The lack of a culturally appropriate measure of African-American spirituality is a major limitation of studies investigating spirituality and health in this population. Development of a culturally appropriate and sensitive measure of spirituality in African-Americans is suggested to strengthen the quality of research in this area.
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