Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the FACIT-Sp-12: Assessing Spiritual Well-Being Among Patients with Chronic Diseases

16 November 2023 : Clinical Research

Michał Machul

^1ABCDEF*, Jason Bredle^2CDE, Krzysztof Jurek

^3CDE, Beata Dobrowolska

^1ACDEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.941769

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941769

Table 8 FACIT-Sp-12 Total and Subscale subscores by sociodemographic and health variables, questions 1–4.

	Total	Total, Mean (SD)	P value	Meaning, Mean (SD)	P value	Peace, Mean (SD)	P value	Faith, Mean (SD)	P value

Female	218	30.36 (6.16)	0.001	11 (1.87)	0.008	10.4 (2.12)	0.012	9.32 (3.52)	0.006
Male	137	28.04 (7.25)		10.5 (1.9)		9.36 (2.51)		8.18 (3.93)
^*
Primary []¹	161	30.5 (5.91)		11.0 (1.79)	0.0371–3	9.92 (2.16)	0.0492–3	9.63 (3.18)
High school []²	114	30.42 (6.62)		10.89 (1.84)		10.05 (2.16)		9.48 (3.70)
University []³	80	25.9 (7.09)		10.33 (2.09)		9.09 (2.64)		6.51 (3.83)

Catholic	315	30.19 (6.11)		10.91 (1.77)	0.043	9.92 (2.15)	0.012	9.35 (3.40)
Others	40	23.78 (8.22)		10.03 (2.54)		8.60 (3.04)		5.15 (4.09)

Yes	38	25.50 (7.95)	0.002	9.97 (1.85)	0.004	8.71 (2.36)	0.007	6.82 (4.74)	0.005
No	317	29.94 (6.37)		10.91 (1.87)		9.90 (2.26)		9.13 (3.51)

Yes	44	31.30 (5.69)	0.061	11.00 (1.61)	0.457	10.05 (2.11)	0.711	10.25 (3.03)	0.010
No	311	29.21 (6.78)		10.78 (1.93)		9.74 (2.33)		8.68 (3.78)

Yes	29	31.86 (6.32)	0.052	11.38 (1.92)	0.072	10.07 (2.15)	0.326	10.41 (3.35)	0.026
No	326	29.25 (6.68)		10.76 (1.88)		9.75 (2.31)		8.74 (3.73)

Yes	34	28.24 (6.31)	0.181	10.09 (1.88)	0.014	9.56 (2.50)	0.721	8.59 (3.52)	0.558
No	321	29.60 (6.72)		10.89 (1.88)		9.80 (2.28)		8.91 (3.75)
		.241		0.071	0.184	.106	0.045	.331
		.128		0.011	0.832	0.076	0.152	.178	0.001
^* Each row tests the null hypothesis that the sample 1 and sample 2 distributions are the same. Significance values have been adjusted by the Bonferroni correction for multiple tests. COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FACIT Sp-12 – The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Spiritual Well-Being; SD – standard deviation.