Table 1.

Patient-Practitioner Prayer Survey Questions and Response Options

Survey Definitions Provided to All the Participants:
Spirituality: A search for or a connection to what is divine or sacred.
Religion: A tradition of spiritual beliefs and practices shared by a group of people.
Patient questionnaire
1. Spiritual care example: If a patient asks for prayer, the doctor or nurse praying with the patient.
A. Is this appropriate for cancer doctors to do?
Never appropriate	Rarely appropriate	Occasionally appropriate	Frequently appropriate	Almost always appropriate	Always appropriate
B. Is this appropriate for cancer nurses to do?
Never appropriate	Rarely appropriate	Occasionally appropriate	Frequently appropriate	Almost always appropriate	Always appropriate
C. Please also tell me why you answered questions A and B as you did.
Answers recorded verbatim
D. How spiritually supportive would this be for you?
Not at all supportive	Mildly supportive	Moderately supportive	Very supportive	This does not apply to me (you would never ask for prayer)
2. Spiritual care example: A religious/spiritual doctor or nurse offering prayer for a patient.
A. Is this appropriate for cancer doctors to do?
Never appropriate	Rarely appropriate	Occasionally appropriate	Frequently appropriate	Almost always appropriate	Always appropriate
B. Is this appropriate for cancer nurses to do?
Never appropriate	Rarely appropriate	Occasionally appropriate	Frequently appropriate	Almost always appropriate	Always appropriate
C. Please also tell me why you answered questions A and B as you did.
Answers recorded verbatim
D. How spiritually supportive would this be for you?
Not at all supportive		Mildly supportive	Moderately supportive		Very supportive
Nurse questionnaire
1. If a patient asks for prayer, the nurse praying with the patient.
Never appropriate	Rarely appropriate	Occasionally appropriate	Frequently appropriate	Almost always appropriate	Always appropriate
2. A religious or spiritual nurse offering prayer for a patient.
Never appropriate	Rarely appropriate	Occasionally appropriate	Frequently appropriate	Almost always appropriate	Always appropriate
3. Please briefly explain your answers to the last two questions on prayer
Answers recorded verbatim
Physician questionnaire
1. If a patient asks for prayer, the physician praying with the patient.
Never appropriate	Rarely appropriate	Occasionally appropriate	Frequently appropriate	Almost always appropriate	Always appropriate
2. A religious or spiritual physician offering prayer for a patient.
Never appropriate	Rarely appropriate	Occasionally appropriate	Frequently appropriate	Almost always appropriate	Always appropriate
3. Please briefly explain your answers to the last two questions on prayer.
Answers recorded verbatim