One patient interpreted the peace item to be about religion, although he did not see himself as religious (D002).
A similar approach using an 'at peace' item to initiate discussion of holistic concerns has been suggested by Steinhauser et al. [ 40].
Steinhauser, KE, Voils, CI, Clipp, EC, Bosworth, HB, Christakis, NA, and Tulsky, JA. ""Are you at peace?": one item to probe spiritual concerns at the end of life". Archives of Internal Medicine 166, no. 1 (January 2006): 101-105.
Jangling nerves Reprints Related items Peace talks between Israel and Palestine: Do get a move onJan 21st 2010 The Muslim Brothers: Appease or oppose?Oct 8th 2009Yet in many of these places the Brotherhood's brand of conservative pan-Islamism, which nowadays generally eschews violence and agrees to play by the rules of the secular state even if it thinks them unfair, may be losing ground.
For these subjects the test-retest reliability for the total PEACE scales (all items) was 0.89 (P < 0.001).
Findings demonstrate the utility of POS items peace and life worthwhile as distinct but related measures of spiritual well-being in African palliative care.
The APCA African POS items peace and life worthwhile capture distinct but related constructs which indicate the extent of a patient's spiritual well-being in palliative care populations in sub-Saharan Africa.
These items (peace and life worthwhile) were developed through expert consultation and piloting with staff and patients, have good face validity as judged by experts in the field, are well comprehended by patients and show good test-retest reliability and sensitivity to change [ 26].
Trying to get their own back Of killers and clowns A river runs through it Reprints Related items Giving peace a chanceAug 19th 2003Liberia's peace is extremely fragile, however, which is why the UN is so keen to disarm the country's multitude of drug-addled teenage killers.
We therefore aimed to explore the constructs measured by the peace and life worthwhile items and how they relate to each other, to determine the items' utility in this setting.
