Using INSPIRIT to conduct spiritual assessments.
Notes that pastoral caregivers are increasingly interested in spiritual assessment of patients. Reports results when the Index of Core Spiritual Experiences (INSPIRIT) is used for assessment with medical and surgical outpatients as well as patient family members (N = 371). Reports subscales within the instrument, mean scores, and notes that 80% of all respondents reported at least one experience which they regarded as spiritual.
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D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D044465:White People