title: Psychometric properties of the Thai Spiritual Well-Being Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the modified Thai Spiritual Well-Being Scale in patients with advanced cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was employed to investigate psychometric properties. Some 196 participants from three tertiary hospitals in Bangkok and suburban Thailand were asked to complete a Personal Information Questionnaire (PIQ), The Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS), and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS). Validity was determined by known-group, concurrent, and constructs validity. Reliability was estimated using internal consistency by Cronbach's α coefficients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three factors were extracted: so-called existential well-being, religious well-being, and peacefulness accounted for 71.44% of total variance. The Cronbach's α coefficients for total SWB, EWB, RWB, and peacefulness were 0.96, 0.94, and 0.93, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings indicate that the Thai SWBS is a valid and reliable instrument, and it presented one more factor than the original version.
authors: Ramathibodi School of Nursing,Faculty of Medicine,Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University,Bangkok,Thailand.
authors: Suchira
authors: S
authors: Chaiviboontham
authors: Ramathibodi School of Nursing,Faculty of Medicine,Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University,Bangkok,Thailand.
authors: Noppawan
authors: N
authors: Phinitkhajorndech
authors: Ramathibodi School of Nursing,Faculty of Medicine,Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University,Bangkok,Thailand.
authors: Somchit
authors: S
authors: Hanucharurnkul
authors: Outpatient Department,Lamphun Hospital,Lamphun,Thailand.
authors: Thaniya
authors: T
authors: Noipiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand
keywords: Advanced cancer; Spiritual Well-Being Scale; Thai