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Description and psychometric properties of the scales

N.	Instrument	Macro Area	Mode of rating	N items	Target populations	Domains / dimensions	Scale – categorical, rating / scale, n of points / yes, no	Psychometric properties – alpha
1	Affirm, Meet, Educate, No Matter What (AMEN) (Cooper, Ferguson, Bodurtha& Smith, 2014).	QT	Interview	4 items	Oncology patients and relatives	Affirm the patient’s belief;Meet the patient or family member where they are;Educate from your role as a medical provider; No matter what; assure the patient and family you are committed to them	N/A	N/A
2	Brief Serenity Scale (Kreitzer, Gross, Waleekhachonloet, Reilly-Spong& Byrd, 2009)	A	Survey	22 items	Organ transplant patients	Inner HavenTrust Acceptance	5-points Likert scale	Overall .95Inner Haven .94Trust .88 Acceptance .89
3	The Elders’ Spiritual Health Scale (ESHS) (Ajamzibada, Foroughanb, Shahboulaghic, Rafieyd & Rassoulie, 2019)	W	Survey	20 items	Elder patients	Spiritual BeliefCentricity of GodAltruismSpiritual contact Purposefulness of life	5-points Likert scale	Overall .89Lowest .70 Highest .84
4	Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Spiritual Well-Being (FACIT-Sp), (Peterman, Fitchett, Brady, Hernandez & Cella, 2002).	W	Survey	12 items	Cancer patient	Meaning, Peace, and Faith	5-points Likert scale	Overall .87Meaning .78Peace .83 Faith .84
5	The FICA Spiritual History Tool (Krakowiak & Fopka-Kowalczyk, 2015).	QT	Interview	4 main items	Patients	F – Faith and Belief – assessing types of beliefs and faiths patient holdsI – Importance, - how important is spirituality to themC – Community – if they are part of a spiritual community and exploring this A – Address in Care – how to address these needs in patient care	N/A	N/A
6	GES Questionnaire (Benito, Oliver, Galiana, Barreto, Pascual, Gomis, & Barbero, 2014).	A	Survey	8 items	Palliative care patients	IntrapersonalspiritualityInterpersonalspirituality Transpersonalspirituality	Likert scale	Overall .72
7	The South AfricanSpirituality Scale (SASS)(van Rensburg, 2020)	A	Survey	32 items	South African population	BeyondAwarenessMeaningOthersJourney Connection	5-points Likert Scale	Allsubscales> .7
8	Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List (SAIL; Meezenbroek, Garssen, van den Berg, Tuytel, van Dierendonck, Visser & Schaufeli, 2011)	A	Survey	26 items	Cancer patients	MeaningfulnessTrustAcceptanceCaring for othersConnectedness with natureTranscendent Experiences Spiritual Activities	6-point Likert scale	Subscales ranging from .73 to .86
9	Spiritual Care Needs Inventory (SCNI; Wu, Koo, Liao, Chen & Yeh, 2016).	N	Survey	21 items	Acute care hospital patients	Meaning and hope Caring and respect	5-point Likert scale	Meaning and hope .96 Caring and respect .91
10	The Spirituality Instrument-27© (SpI-27©)(Weathers, Coffey, McSherry & McCarthy, 2020)	N	Survey	27 items	Chronic illness patients	Connectedness with othersSelf-TranscendenceSelf-CognisanceConservationism Connectedness with a Higher Power	5-point Likert scale	Overall .90 Subscales ranging from .82 to .91
11	The Spiritual Needs Assessment for Patients (SNAP) (Sharma, Astrow, Texeira & Sulmasy, 2012)	N	Survey	23 items	Cancer patients	Psychosocial needsSpiritual needs Religious needs	4-point Likert scale	Overall .96 Subscales ranging from .74 to .93
12	The Spiritual Needs Inventory (SNI; Hermann, 2006)	N	Survey	17 items	Hospice cancerous dying patients	Outlook,Inspiration,Spiritual Activities,Religion, Community	5-point Likert scale	Overall .85
13	Spiritual Interests Related to Illness Tool (SpIRIT; Taylor, 2006)	A	Survey	42 items	White Christian Cancer patients and caregivers	Needing positive perspective,Needing relationship with God,Giving love to others,Receiving love from othersReviewing beliefsFinding MeaningPracticing religion Preparing for death	5-point Likert scale	Overall .95 Subscales ranging from .76 to .96
14	Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ; Büssing, Balzat & Heusser, 2010)	N	Survey	19 items	Patients	Religious needsExistential needsInner peace Actively giving	4-point Likert scale	Overall .93 Subscales ranging from .74 to .88
15	Spiritual Need Scale (SNS; Yong , Kim , Han & Puchalski, 2008)	N	Survey	26 items	Korean hospitalized patients	Love and connectionHope and peaceMeaning and purposeRelationship with God Acceptance of dying	5-point Likert scale	Overall .92
16	Thai Spiritual Well-being Assessment Tool for Elders with Chronic Illnesses (TSWBATECI) (Unsanit, Sunsern, Kunsongkeit, O’Brien & McMullen, 2012).	W	Survey	41 items	chronically ill elders	Happiness in lifeAcceptance of chronic illnessLife equilibriumPassion for lifeSelf-transcendenceOptimistic personalityPurpose in life Willingness to forgive	5-point Likert scale	Overall .97
17	The Spiritual well-being subscale of the Quality of Life-Cancer Survivor (QOL-CS) measure (Ferrell, Hassey, & Grant, 1995).	W	Survey	6 items	Breast and gynaecological cancer patients	Salience of spirituality and religion	10-point Likert scale	Overall .8