Measuring spirituality and religiosity in clinical research: a systematic review of instruments available in the Portuguese language
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Despite numerous spirituality and/or religiosity (S/R) measurement tools for use in research worldwide, there is little information on S/R instruments in the Portuguese language. The aim of the present study was to map out the S/R scales available for research in the Portugues...
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| description | CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Despite numerous spirituality and/or religiosity (S/R) measurement tools for use in research worldwide, there is little information on S/R instruments in the Portuguese language. The aim of the present study was to map out the S/R scales available for research in the Portuguese language. DESIGN AND SETTING Systematic review of studies found in databases. METHODS A systematic review was conducted in three phases. Phases 1 and 2: articles in Portuguese, Spanish and English, published up to November 2011, dealing with the Portuguese translation and/or validation of S/R measurement tools for clinical research, were selected from six databases. Phase 3: the instruments were grouped according to authorship, cross-cultural adaptation, internal consistency, concurrent and discriminative validity and test-retest procedures. RESULTS Twenty instruments were found. Forty-five percent of these evaluated religiosity, 40% spirituality, 10% religious/spiritual coping and 5% S/R. Among these, 90% had been produced in (n = 3) or translated to (n = 15) Brazilian Portuguese and two (10%) solely to European Portuguese. Nevertheless, the majority of the instruments had not undergone in-depth psychometric analysis. Only 40% of the instruments presented concurrent validity, 45% discriminative validity and 15% a test-retest procedure. The characteristics of each instrument were analyzed separately, yielding advantages, disadvantages and psychometric properties. CONCLUSION Currently, 20 instruments for measuring S/R are available in the Portuguese language. Most have been translated (n = 15) or developed (n = 3) in Brazil and present good internal consistency. Nevertheless, few instruments have been assessed regarding all their psychometric qualities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33ad3c80c31e4b269ed81fc934c91b2e2022-12-22T01:07:16ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-9460131211212210.1590/S1516-31802013000100022S1516-31802013000200112Measuring spirituality and religiosity in clinical research: a systematic review of instruments available in the Portuguese languageGiancarlo LucchettiAlessandra Lamas Granero LucchettiHomero ValladaCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Despite numerous spirituality and/or religiosity (S/R) measurement tools for use in research worldwide, there is little information on S/R instruments in the Portuguese language. The aim of the present study was to map out the S/R scales available for research in the Portuguese language. DESIGN AND SETTING Systematic review of studies found in databases. METHODS A systematic review was conducted in three phases. Phases 1 and 2: articles in Portuguese, Spanish and English, published up to November 2011, dealing with the Portuguese translation and/or validation of S/R measurement tools for clinical research, were selected from six databases. Phase 3: the instruments were grouped according to authorship, cross-cultural adaptation, internal consistency, concurrent and discriminative validity and test-retest procedures. RESULTS Twenty instruments were found. Forty-five percent of these evaluated religiosity, 40% spirituality, 10% religious/spiritual coping and 5% S/R. Among these, 90% had been produced in (n = 3) or translated to (n = 15) Brazilian Portuguese and two (10%) solely to European Portuguese. Nevertheless, the majority of the instruments had not undergone in-depth psychometric analysis. Only 40% of the instruments presented concurrent validity, 45% discriminative validity and 15% a test-retest procedure. The characteristics of each instrument were analyzed separately, yielding advantages, disadvantages and psychometric properties. CONCLUSION Currently, 20 instruments for measuring S/R are available in the Portuguese language. Most have been translated (n = 15) or developed (n = 3) in Brazil and present good internal consistency. Nevertheless, few instruments have been assessed regarding all their psychometric qualities.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802013000200112&lng=en&tlng=enReligion and medicineSpiritualityPsychometricsReview [publication type]Medical history taking |
| spellingShingle | Giancarlo Lucchetti Alessandra Lamas Granero Lucchetti Homero Vallada Measuring spirituality and religiosity in clinical research: a systematic review of instruments available in the Portuguese language São Paulo Medical Journal Religion and medicine Spirituality Psychometrics Review [publication type] Medical history taking |
| title | Measuring spirituality and religiosity in clinical research: a systematic review of instruments available in the Portuguese language |
| title_full | Measuring spirituality and religiosity in clinical research: a systematic review of instruments available in the Portuguese language |
| title_fullStr | Measuring spirituality and religiosity in clinical research: a systematic review of instruments available in the Portuguese language |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring spirituality and religiosity in clinical research: a systematic review of instruments available in the Portuguese language |
| title_short | Measuring spirituality and religiosity in clinical research: a systematic review of instruments available in the Portuguese language |
| title_sort | measuring spirituality and religiosity in clinical research a systematic review of instruments available in the portuguese language |
| topic | Religion and medicine Spirituality Psychometrics Review [publication type] Medical history taking |
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