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Kevin J Flannelly1, Kathleen Galek, Laura T Flannelly
1HealthCare Chaplaincy, 307 E. 60th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA. kflannelly@healthcarechaplaincy.org
Abstract:
Factor analysis was conducted on the responses of 683 individuals who completed a 24-item version of the Patient Spiritual Needs Assessment Scale. The results provided strong support for 4 of the 6 dimensions of spiritual needs and weaker support for one of the others. The 6 dimensions were appreciation of art and beauty, meaning and purpose, love and belonging, death/resolution, positivity/gratitude/hope/peace, and the Divine. The coherence of the dimensions is discussed in the context of the scale's intended application.
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