• Ming-Chieh Tsai, Yun-Yun Chou, LohEl-WuiEWGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.Department of Medical Imaging, Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC.Cochrane Taiwan, Taipei Medic, Ashleigh Peng Lin, Hsueh-Chi Wu, Li-Sin Hsiao, Chia-Li Chang, Shu-Fen Chen, Sam H Ahmedzai, and Ka-Wai Tam.
• School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
• J Chin Med Assoc. 2024 Jan 1; 87 (1): 586358-63.

BackgroundHolistic health care considers all aspects of patient care, namely the physical, psychological, spiritual, and social aspects. To assess which patient needs are unmet, a screening questionnaire covering the four aforementioned aspects is required. Therefore, the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral for Care (SPARC), a multidimensional, self-reported questionnaire designed to screen patients regardless of diagnosis, was developed. This study developed a translated and validated traditional Chinese version of the SPARC for patients in Taiwan.MethodsThe original English version of the SPARC was translated into a traditional Chinese version (SPARC-T) through forward-backward translation. Semistructured debriefing interviews were conducted with participants to evaluate the SPARC-T. The reliability and validity of the SPARC-T were assessed through Cronbach's alpha coefficients and a correlation analysis conducted using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) questionnaire.ResultsFifty-three patients were enrolled from our hospital: 22 had cancer but the majority had nonmalignant chronic conditions. About internal consistency, the Cronbach's alpha values for all domains of the SPARC-T were favorable. A correlation analysis of the SPARC-T and FACT-G revealed significant correlations for the domains of physical symptoms, independence and activity, family and social issues, sleep, and treatment issues; no significant correlation was identified for the "psychological issues" domain.ConclusionThis study revealed that the SPARC-T is an effective tool for screening Mandarin-speaking patients. Thus, it can be used in hospitals to holistically screen and identify the needs of patients to ensure they can receive appropriate professional support and holistic health care.Copyright © 2023, the Chinese Medical Association.

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