Development of WHOQOL spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs module

• Autor(a) principal: Fleck, Marcelo Pio da Almeida
• Data de Publicação: 2003
• Outros Autores: Borges, Zulmira Newlands, Bolognesi, Gustavo, Rocha, Neusa Sica da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31614
• topic: Saúde mental; Religião e medicina; Espiritualidade; Qualidade de vida; Grupos de estudo; Percepção; Mental health; Religion and medicine; Spirituality; Quality of life; Focus groups; Perception

OBJECTIVES: To describe the development of the "spirituality, religiousness, and personal beliefs" for the WHOQOL-SRBP instrument, and to report the main findings of research conducted with focus groups composed of subjects representative of the most common religious practices, patients, and healthcare professionals. METHODS: The several stages of the development of the WHOQOL-SRBP instrument are described: literature review, focus groups, elaboration of national questions, elaboration of consensual items, pilot-study development, pilot-study application, question performance analysis, development of the definitive instrument, and field testing. The focus group stage was conducted in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, and included 15 groups (n=142). These included separate groups for healthcare professionals, acute, chronic, and terminal patients, religious groups (Catholics, Evangelicals, Afro-Brazilians, and Spiritualists), and atheists. Each group discussed facets suggested by a group of "experts", as well as any further dimensions spontaneously raised by group participants. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The focus group technique proved itself adequate for the collection of different opinions from the participants, allowing for the testing of the hypotheses proposed by the researchers, redirecting and/or broadening previously established concepts. In addition, it highlighted the importance of the discussion of the spiritual dimension for patient's lives.