Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being-expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) across English and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study

Carrie E. Brintz; Orit Birnbaum-Weitzman; Erin L. Merz; Frank J. Penedo; Martha L. Daviglus; Adelaide L. Fortmann; Linda C. Gallo; Patricia Gonzalez; Timothy P. Johnson; Elena L. Navas-Nacher; Marston E. Youngblood; Maria M. Llabre

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Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being-expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) across English and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study

Carrie E. Brintz^*, Orit Birnbaum-Weitzman, Erin L. Merz, Frank J. Penedo, Martha L. Daviglus, Adelaide L. Fortmann, Linda C. Gallo, Patricia Gonzalez, Timothy P. Johnson, Elena L. Navas-Nacher, Marston E. Youngblood, Maria M. Llabre

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The validity of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being (FACIT-Sp) has been examined in primarily non-Hispanics/Latinos with chronic illness. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the nonillness, expanded FACIT-Sp (FACIT-Sp-Ex) in 5,163 U.S. Hispanic/Latino adults. Measures were interviewer-administered in English or Spanish. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated 4 factors: meaning, peace, faith, and relational. The scale demonstrated measurement invariance across English and Spanish. Subscales displayed adequate internal and test-retest reliability. Scores were positively associated with Duke Religion Index (DUREL; Koenig, Parkerson, & Meador, 1997) subscales. When all subscales were entered in a single model, meaning and peace were inversely associated with depressive symptoms and positively associated with physical health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Faith was positively associated with depressive symptoms and inversely associated with HRQOL. Relational was not associated with any outcome. FACIT-Sp-Ex subscales were generally more strongly associated than DUREL subscales with well-being. The FACIT-Sp-Ex appears to be a valid measure of spiritual well-being in U.S. Hispanics/Latinos.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	337-347
Number of pages	11
Journal	Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
Volume	9
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000071
State	Published - Nov 2017

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FACIT-Sp-Ex
Hispanics/Latinos
factorial invariance
psychometrics
spirituality

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Religious studies
Applied Psychology

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Brintz, C. E., Birnbaum-Weitzman, O., Merz, E. L., Penedo, F. J., Daviglus, M. L., Fortmann, A. L., Gallo, L. C., Gonzalez, P., Johnson, T. P., Navas-Nacher, E. L., Youngblood, M. E., & Llabre, M. M. (2017). Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being-expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) across English and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9(4), 337-347. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000071

Brintz, Carrie E. ; Birnbaum-Weitzman, Orit ; Merz, Erin L. et al. / Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being-expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) across English and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos : Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study. In: Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 2017 ; Vol. 9, No. 4. pp. 337-347.

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Brintz, CE, Birnbaum-Weitzman, O, Merz, EL, Penedo, FJ, Daviglus, ML, Fortmann, AL, Gallo, LC, Gonzalez, P, Johnson, TP, Navas-Nacher, EL, Youngblood, ME & Llabre, MM 2017, 'Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being-expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) across English and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study', Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 337-347. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000071

Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being-expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) across English and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study. / Brintz, Carrie E.; Birnbaum-Weitzman, Orit; Merz, Erin L. et al.
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Brintz CE, Birnbaum-Weitzman O, Merz EL, Penedo FJ, Daviglus ML, Fortmann AL et al. Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being-expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) across English and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 2017 Nov;9(4):337-347. doi: 10.1037/rel0000071

Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being-expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) across English and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study

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