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Cross-cultural validation of the Brazilian version of the spiritual care competence scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2018

Luciana Winterkorn Dezorzi ,
Márcia Mocellin Raymundo ,
José Roberto Goldim  and
René van Leeuwen
Luciana Winterkorn Dezorzi*
Affiliation:
Medical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; a member of the Research Laboratory of Bioethics and Ethics in Science, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Márcia Mocellin Raymundo
Affiliation:
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, a member of the Research Laboratory of Bioethics and Ethics in Science, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
José Roberto Goldim
Affiliation:
Medical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, a Coordinator of the Research Laboratory of Bioethics and Ethics in Science, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
René van Leeuwen
Affiliation:
Professor of Healthcare and Spirituality, Christian University of Applied Sciences Viaa, Zwolle, Netherlands
*
Author for correspondence: Luciana Winterkorn Dezorzi, Medical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; a member of the Research Laboratory of Bioethics and Ethics in Science, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Ramiro Barcelos street, 2350, Room 183 F, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, 93035903. E-mail: ldezorzi@hcpa.edu.br.
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Abstract

Objective

This study describes the cross-cultural validation and psychometric evaluation of the Spiritual Care Competence Scale – Brazilian Portuguese version. This reliable and valid instrument is recommended in the literature to measure the outcomes of the education process in the development of spiritual care competences.

Method

This is a cross-sectional validation study following the stages proposed by Beaton et al.: translation into Portuguese, back translation into English, expert committee review for semantic equivalence, assessment of the clarity of the pre-final version, and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the final version in Portuguese. Health professionals working at a public hospital in South Brazil participated in the different stages of this study.

Result

Regarding internal consistency, total Cronbach's alpha was 0.92 and the mean inter-item correlation was 0.29. The test-retest procedure showed no statistically significant differences in the six subscales. The intraclass correlation coefficient ranged from 0.67 to 0.84, demonstrating the stability of the scale.

Significance of results

The results support the psychometric quality of the scale and indicate that the adapted instrument is a valid and reliable scale with good internal consistency for measuring spiritual care competencies of health professionals in Brazilian healthcare settings.

Keywords

Validity assessmentspiritual carecompetence scaleeducationBrazilian
Type
Original Article
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , June 2019 , pp. 322 - 327
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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