Spiritual Well-Being for Croatian Cancer Patients: Validation and Applicability of the Croatian Version of the EORTC QLQ-SWB32

Ivana Dabo, Iva Skočilić, Bella Vivat, Ingrid Belac-Lovasić and Iva Sorta-Bilajac Turina
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Ivana Dabo: Department of Epidemiology, Teaching Institute of Public Health of the Primorje—Gorski Kotar County, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Iva Skočilić: Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, University Hospital Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Bella Vivat: Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London W1T 7NF, UK
Ingrid Belac-Lovasić: Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, University Hospital Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Iva Sorta-Bilajac Turina: Department of Social Medicine, Teaching Institute of Public Health of the Primorje—Gorski Kotar County, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-15

Abstract: Spiritual well-being is a recognized predictor of health-related quality of life in palliative patients. No research in Croatia has yet addressed this field. This study, the first of its kind in Croatia, validated a Croatian translation of the EORTC QLQ-SWB32 measure of spiritual well-being with curative Croatian oncology patients and assessed its use and value. The study was conducted between July 2019 and January 2020 at the Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, University Hospital Rijeka, with 143 cancer patients, using the linguistically validated Croatian version of the measure. All patients found the measure acceptable. Confirmatory factor analysis aligned with the structure found in previous studies. Cronbach’s alpha confirmed internal consistency. Female participants scored higher on the RSG (Relationship with Someone or Something Greater), RG (Relationship with God), and EX (Existential) scales, and on Global-SWB. Patients with breast and gynecological tumors scored higher on RG. Older patients scored lower on RSG, RG and EX. Retirees and those with below-average incomes scored lower on EX. Participants who identified as having no religion scored lower on RSG. Stage I cancer patients scored higher on RG. The Croatian version of the EORTC QLQ-SWB32 is an acceptable, valid, and reliable measure of SWB for Croatian cancer patients.

Keywords: cancer; EORTC; questionnaire; spiritual well-being; translation; validation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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