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. 2013 Apr 1;131(2):112–122. doi: 10.1590/S1516-31802013000100022

Table 3. Characteristics of articles on spirituality/religiosity (S/R) instruments available for Portuguese language (by year of publication).

Name of scale Authors* Journal Sample type N
Francis Scale of Attitude Towards Christianity (Portugal) Ferreira and Neto9 Psychol Rep. University students 323
Strayhorn, Weidman and Larson Religious Scale (Brazil) Gonçalves11 PhD thesis Breast cancer population 130
Moschella Religious Scale (Brazil) Gonçalves11 PhD thesis Breast cancer population 130
Private and Social Religious Practice Scale (Brazil) Drucker15 Master Degree dissertation Depressive older patients 44
Intrinsic Religious Motivation Scale (Brazil) Drucker15 Master Degree dissertation Depressive older patients 44
Spiritual/Religious Coping Scale (Brazil) Panzini and Bandeira20 Psicol Estud. Mixed sample 616
Pinto and Pais-Ribeiro’s Spirituality Scale (Portugal) Pinto and Pais-Ribeiro22 Arq Med. Oncologic patients 426
Brief Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith (Portugal) Amado25 PhD thesis Elderly outpatients 194
FACIT-Sp 12 (Brazil) Guedes12 PhD thesis Diabetes outpatients 54
Spiritual Well-Being Scale (Brazil) Marques et al.13 Aval Psicol. University students 506
Spirituality Self Rating Scale (Brazil) Gonçalves and Pillon14 Rev Psiq Clín (São Paulo) Male substance/drug users 138
Aquino’s Religiousness/Spirituality Attitude Scale (Brazil) Aquino et al.16 Psicol Cienc Prof. High educated population 299
Duke Religion Index (Brazil) Lucchetti et al.17 J Relig Health. Low income population 383
Pinto and Pais-Ribeiro’s spirituality scale (Brazil) Chaves et al.23 Rev Enferm UFPE Online. Hemodialysis patients 52
WHOQOL-SRPB (Brazil) Panzini et al.19 Rev Saúde Pública. Hospital staff and patients 404
Self-reported Religiosity (Brazil) Lucchetti et al.,18 J Rehabil Med. Rehabilitation patients 110
WHOQOL-100 - SRPB questions (Brazil) Panzini et al.19 Rev Saúde Pública. Hospital staff and patients 404
Brief Spiritual/Religious Coping Scale (Brazil) Panzini et al.19 Rev Saúde Pública. Hospital staff and patients 404
Inspirit-R (Brazil) Veronez et al.21 Arq Neuropsiquiatr. Epilepsy outpatients 50
Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (Brazil) Oliveira24 PhD thesis Clinical/surgical inpatients 179
Intrinsic Religiousness Inventory (Brazil) Taunay et al.10 Rev Bras Psiquiatr. (a)Psychiatric and (b)University students (a) 102 (b) 323

*Only authors who validated their instruments in Portuguese are listed in the table. For original articles and authors, see Discussion.