Table 2.

Corrected item-total correlations of the S-SNAP

Item	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach’s alpha if the item is deleted
Psychosocial needs 1. Getting in touch with other patients with similar illnesses	0.54	0.94
2. Relaxation or stress management	0.73	0.93
3. Learning to cope with feelings of sadness	0.72	0.94
4. Sharing thoughts and feelings with one’s close people	0.75	0.94
5. Worries one has about one’s family	0.35	0.94
Spiritual needs 6. Finding meaning in one’s experience of illness?	0.81	0.93
7. Finding hope	0.76	0.94
8. Overcoming fears	0.57	0.93
9. Personal meditation or prayer practices	0.82	0.93
10. One’s relationship with God or something beyond oneself	0.85	0.93
11. Becoming closer to a community that shares one’s spiritual beliefs	0.87	0.93
12. Coping with any suffering one may be experiencing	0.78	0.94
13. The meaning and purpose of human life	0.75	0.94
14. Death and dying	0.53	0.94
15. Finding peace of mind	0.82	0.94
16. Resolving old disputes, hurts, or resentments among family or friends	0.53	0.94
17. Finding forgiveness	0.54	0.94
18. Making decisions about one’s medical treatment that are in keeping with your spiritual or religious beliefs?	0.26	0.94
Religious needs 19. Visits from clergy of one’s faith community?	0.61	0.94
20. Visits from fellow members of one’s faith community?	0.59	0.94
21. Religious rituals such as chant, prayer, lighting candles or incense, anointing or communion?	0.53	0.94
22. Someone to bring you spiritual texts such as the Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Bible, Qur’an and Pirith Books?	0.60	0.94