Publicação
Psychometric properties of the suffering assessment questionnaire in adults with chronic diseases or life-threatening illness
| Resumo: | Suffering has been considered by many authors to be a difficult concept to assess and measure, as it is subjective and unique. However, to guide the diagnosis and decision-making of healthcare professionals, it is important to develop an instrument that differentiates the different suffering dimensions, namely, intra- and interpersonal suffering, awareness of suffering and spiritual suffering. |
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| Autores principais: | Encarnação, Paula |
| Outros Autores: | Oliveira, Clara Costa; Martins, Teresa |
| Assunto: | palliative care suffering assessment chronic illness life-threatening event Ciências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Suffering has been considered by many authors to be a difficult concept to assess and measure, as it is subjective and unique. However, to guide the diagnosis and decision-making of healthcare professionals, it is important to develop an instrument that differentiates the different suffering dimensions, namely, intra- and interpersonal suffering, awareness of suffering and spiritual suffering. |
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