Validação da versão portuguesa de Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire em idosos institucionalizados

Background & Objectives: It is undeniable the importance that the concept of spiritual well-being takes today. Research is scarce in the institutionalized older population, and it is therefore important to develop validated tools on spiritual well-being for this population. The main objective of the present study is the analysis of the psychometric properties and the validation of the Portuguese version of the Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire (SWBQ). Method: The sample included 101 institutionalized older people from the Coimbra area (n = 51, 50.5%) and Aveiro (n = 50, 49.5%), aged 65-96, 33 (32.7%) were male and 68 (67.3%) were female. In addition to SWBQ, the Hope Scale, the Optimism Scale, the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, and the Geriatric Depression Scale were administered. Results: The SWBQ presented a factorial structure of three factors (environmental, transcendental, and humanitarian), different from the original version whose factor structure pointed to four factors. The internal consistency was adequate and the convergent and divergent validity did not confirm its construct validity. Spiritual well-being was statistically different in terms of gender (p < 0.01), marital status (p < 0.05) and occupation (p < 0.05). Conclusions: This study contributed to the provision of a new instrument for the evaluation of spiritual well-being in institutionalized older people, showing reasonable psychometric characteristics, but should be replicated in samples with other characteristics to confirm this data.