ArticleJournal of religion and health2022
Measuring Spiritual Needs in a Secular Society: Validation and Clinimetric Properties of the Danish 20-Item Spiritual Needs Questionnaire.
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- Religiosity, Mental Health and Quality of Life of Brazilian Medical Students: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Development and validation of the questionnaire "Spiritual Needs in Palliative Care" in Finnish.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Postsecular, Christian, or Humanistic Spirituality in Social Work within Secular Europe.Journal of religion and health · 2024Review
- Spiritual needs in Denmark: a population-based cross-sectional survey linked to Danish national registers.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2023Article
- Effect of religious service attendance on mortality and hospitalisations among Danish men and women: longitudinal findings from REGLINK-SHAREDK.European journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Protocol for EXICODE: the EXIstential health COhort DEnmark-a register and survey study of adult Danes.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
In secular cultures, such as Denmark, tools to measure spiritual needs are warranted to guide existential and spiritual care. We examined the clinimetric properties of the Danish version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (DA-SpNQ-20) based on a digital survey in a test-retest setup. A convenience sample was reached via social media and student platforms. A total of 325 (148 for retest) respondents were included in the analysis. The sample was randomly split into two groups (A and B) and used for exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) by structural equation modeling, respectively. SpNQ dimensions had an internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha between 0.73 and 0.93. The four factors of the SpNQ were supported by both EFA and CFA as follows: religious needs, existential needs, inner peace needs, and generativity needs. The instrument showed good internal consistency, good test-retest reliability, and acceptable structural validity in the sample of relatively young and healthy persons.
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