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| Title |
‘Peace’ and ‘life worthwhile’ as measures of spiritual well-being in African palliative care: a mixed-methods study
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| Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1477-7525-11-94 |
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| Authors |
Lucy Selman, Peter Speck, Marjolein Gysels, Godfrey Agupio, Natalya Dinat, Julia Downing, Liz Gwyther, Thandi Mashao, Keletso Mmoledi, Tony Moll, Lydia Mpanga Sebuyira, Barbara Ikin, Irene J Higginson, Richard Harding |
| Abstract |
Patients with incurable, progressive disease receiving palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa experience high levels of spiritual distress with a detrimental impact on their quality of life. Locally validated measurement tools are needed to identify patients' spiritual needs and evaluate and improve spiritual care, but up to now such tools have been lacking in Africa. The African Palliative Care Association (APCA) African Palliative Outcome Scale (POS) contains two items relating to peace and life worthwhile. We aimed to determine the content and construct validity of these items as measures of spiritual wellbeing in African palliative care populations. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 10 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 40% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 5 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 50% |
| Scientists | 4 | 40% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 148 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 146 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 30 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 7% |
| Researcher | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 33 | 22% |
| Unknown | 37 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 15% |
| Psychology | 14 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 13% |
| Unknown | 42 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 November 2021.
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#5,140,240
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Outputs from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#641
of 2,297 outputs
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#41,866
of 209,922 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#3
of 32 outputs
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