Table 2 Example of need for life balance scoring
From: Validation of the spiritual distress assessment tool in older hospitalized patients
Patient interview | Interview analysis | SDAT scoring | |
|---|---|---|---|
Exploration of patient Need for life balance | Identifying unmet Need for life balance | Identifying how the patient cope with the unmet Need for life balance | Scoring of Need for life balance |
A 81 years old woman, hospitalized for rehabilitation after a hip fracture, says: "I know that I will recover and that everything will be fine... I'm sure that I will be able to do with". | No unmet spiritual need is identified | Not appropriate | Score = 0 No evidence of unmet Need for life balance |
A 81 years old woman, hospitalized for rehabilitation after a hip fracture, says: "This fracture will change a lots of things in my life. But I know I have the resources to deal with it... I will recover and everything will be fine." | An unmet spiritual need is identified: This patient says "This fracture will change a lots of things in my life" | This patient identifies how to cope with this unmet spiritual need. She says "I know I have the resources to deal with it... I will recover and everything will be fine." | Score = 1 Some evidence of unmet Need for life balance |
A 81 years old woman, hospitalized for rehabilitation after a hip fracture, says: "This fracture will change a lots of things in my life. I know that I have some resources to deal with it... but I have more pain than before and I don't really know how it will be at home..." | An unmet spiritual need is identified: This patient says "This fracture will change a lots of things in my life" | This patient identifies some way to cope with this unmet spiritual need. She says "I know that I have some resources to deal with it..." However, she still has some doubts. She says: "I have more pain than before and I don't really know how it will be at home..." | Score = 2 Substantial evidence of unmet Need for life balance |
A 81 years old woman, hospitalized for rehabilitation after a hip fracture, says: "This fracture will change a lots of things in my life. I have more pain than before... I feel that I am very down... I can't imagine any future... I don't know what to do..." | An unmet spiritual need is identified: This patient says "This fracture will change a lots of things in my life" | This patient is not able to identify any way to cope with the unmet spiritual need. She says " I can't imagine any future... I don't know what to do..." | Score = 3 Evidence of severe unmet Need for life balance |