Article Title：Development of WHOQOL spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs module
Abstract：
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 health care 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 patients lives.
Keywords: mental health; religion and medicine; spirituality; quality of life; focus groups; perception
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102003000400009
Source：REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA
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