Spiritual needs of patients with chronic pain diseases and cancer - validation of the spiritual needs questionnaire

Table 1 Health status of patients.

		Duration of disease (months)	Symptom score (VAS) [0-100]	Life Satisfaction (BMLSS) [0-100]	Satisfaction Health situation [score 0-6]	Satisfaction Treatment efficacy [score 0-6]
Cancer	Mean	52.7	39.9	74.4	3.7	4.6
	SD	58.9	25.6	17.3	1.7	1.4
Chronic pain	Mean	124.9	69.2	57.4	2.1	3.4
	SD	102.5	15.2	21.3	1.4	1.4
All patients	Mean	99.1	60.2	63.1	2.6	3.8
	SD	95.6	23.3	21.5	1.7	1.5
	F-value	12.6	47.2	17.4	30.6	13.5
	p-value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

Satisfaction scores > 50% indicate patients' satisfaction with the respective conditions, and scores < 50% their dissatisfaction.
* Results of patients with other chronic conditions (n = 10) were not depicted

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