Abstract

SANCHEZ, Ricardo; SIERRA, Fabio  and  ZARATE, Karol. Are religiosity and spirituality different dimensions?. rev.colomb.cancerol. [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.2, pp.62-68. ISSN 0123-9015.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccan.2014.04.002.

Objective: To establish if spirituality and religion are independent dimensions. Method: Simultaneous measurements using two questionnaires for evaluating spirituality (FACIT-Sp) and religiosity (DSES) in a sample of 251 patients diagnosed as having cancer. Correlation analysis and multivariate techniques (factor analysis and multidimensional scaling) were used to evaluate associations between dimensions. Results: Correlation levels were higher in the intra-scale component, with the DSES items having the better correlation coefficients. Factor analysis suggests a multidimensional structure (4 components explaining 66% of the total variance), whereas DSES items account for the variance of only one factor. Two of the items of the DSES scale (D13, D14) do not seem to fit. Multidimensional scaling suggests that items corresponding to DSES and FACIT-Sp measure independent dimensions. Conclusion: Results suggest that religiosity and spirituality seem to be independent theoretical concepts.

Keywords : Spirituality; Religion; Cancer; Palliative care; Terminal care; Questionnaires.

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