Publications

Journals

Büssing A, Balzat HJ, Heusser P. Spirituelle Bedürfnisse von Patienten mit chronischen Schmerz- und Tumorerkrankungen. Perioperative Medizin 2009, 1, 248.

Büssing A., Balzat HJ, Heusser P. Spiritual needs of patients with chronic pain diseases and cancer - validation of the spiritual needs questionnaire. Eur J Med Res 2010, 15, 266-273.

Büssing A, Lux EA, Janko A, Kopf A: Psychosoziale und spirituelle Bedürfnisse bei Patienten mit chronischen Schmerz- und Krebserkrankungen. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Onkologie 2011; 41: 39-73

Büssing A, Janko A, Kopf A, Lux EA, Frick E: Zusammenhänge zwischen psychosozialen und spirituellen Bedürfnissen und Bewertung von Krankheit bei Patienten mit chronischen Erkrankungen. Spiritual Care 2012; 1: 57-73

Büssing A, Zhai Xiao-feng, Wenbo Peng, Changquan Ling: Psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients with chronic diseases: validation of the Chinese version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire. Journal of Integrative Medicine 2013; 11(2):106-15.

Büssing A, Janko A, Baumann K, Hvidt NC, Kopf A: Spiritual Needs among Patients with Chronic Pain Diseases and Cancer Living in a Secular Society. Pain Medicine 2013; 14: 1362–1373

Erichsen NB, Büssing A: Spiritual Needs of Elderly living in Retirement / Nursing Homes. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013; Article ID913247.

Offenbaecher M, Kohls N, Toussaint LL, Sigl C, Winkelmann A, Hieblinger R, Walther A, Büssing A: Spiritual needs in patients suffering from fibromyalgia. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013; Article ID 178547, 13 pages

Höcker A, Krüll A, Koch U, Mehnert A:.Exploring spiritual needs and their associated factors in an urban sample of early and advanced cancer patients. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2014; 23(6):786-794. doi: 10.1111/ecc.12200.  

Büssing A, Pilchowska I, Surzykiewicz J: Spiritual Needs of Polish patients with chronic diseases. Journal of Religion and Health 2015; 54(5): 1524-1542  

Man-Ging CI, Öven Uslucan J, Fegg M, Frick E, Büssing A: Reporting Spiritual Needs of Older Adults Living in Bavarian Residential and Nursing Homes. Journal of Mental Health, Religion and Spirituality 2015; 18: 809-821  

Nuraeni A, Nurhidayah I, Hidayati N, Windani C, Sari M, Mirwanti R: Kebutuhan Spiritual pada Pasien Kanker [Spiritual Needs of Patients with Cancer]. Jurnal Keperawatan Padjadjaran 2015: 3: 57-66 (http://jkp.fkep.unpad.ac.id/index.php/jkp/article/view/101)

Büssing A, Recchia DR: Spiritual and Non-spiritual Needs Among German Soldiers and their Relation to Stress Perception, PTDS Symptoms, and Life Satisfaction – Results from a Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Journal of Religion and Health, 2016; 55(3): 747-764; Online June 2015 (DOI 10.1007/s10943-015-0073-y)  

Nejat N, Whitehead L, Crowe M: Exploratory Psychometric Properties of the Farsi and English Versions of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ). Religions 2016; 7, 84; doi:10.3390/rel7070084

Büssing A, Wassermann U, Hvidt NC, Längler A, Thiel M: Spiritual needs of mothers with sick new born or premature infants. Woman and Birth 2017 (online 24 August 2017) doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.08.002

Haußmann A, Schäffeler N, Hautzinger M, Weyel B, Eigentler T, Zipfel S, Teufel M: Religiöse/spirituelle Bedürfnisse und psychosoziale Belastung von Patienten mit malignem Melanom. Psychother Psych Med 2017 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-101373

Glavas A, Jors K, Büssing A, Baumann K. Spiritual needs of PTSD patients in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina: A quantitative pilot study. Psychiatria Danubina 2017; 29: 282-290

Munirruzzaman M, Yuni Sapto Edi R, Prasetyo A. Gambaran Tingkat Kebutuhan Spiritual Pada Pasien Gagal Ginjal Kronik Yang Menjalani Hemodialisis Di Ruang Hemodialisa Rsud Cilacap [Description of Spiritual Needs Level In Chronic Kidney Failure Patients who Underwent Hemodialysis in the Hemodialisa Room of RSUD Cilacap]. Proceeding Management Communication in Health Team Collaboration of Giving High Alert for Patient Safety. STIKES Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiyyah Cilacap 2017; pp. 1-8 (ISBN 978-602-60725-1-1)

Taheri-Kharameh Z, Moeini B: Validation of the Persian Version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire. European Journal of Public Health, 2017; 27 (suppl 3: ckx186.200, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.200

Hatamipour K, Rassouli M, Yaghmaie F, Zendedel K, Alavi Majd H. Development and Psychometrics of a ‘Spiritual Needs Assessment Scale of Patients with Cancer’: A mixed exploratory study. International Journal of Cancer Management 2018; 11(1): 1-8. .

Büssing A, Recchia DR, Koenig HG, Baumann K, Frick E: Factor Structure of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ) in Persons with Chronic Diseases, Elderly and Healthy Individuals, Religions 2018; 9:13 

Valente TCO, Cavalcanti APR, Büssing A, Costa Junior CP, Motta RN: Transcultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of Portuguese Version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ) Among HIV Positive Patients in Brazil. Religions 2018, 9(4), 135; doi:10.3390/rel9040135

Kashif A, Kanwal Z: Translation, Cultural Adaptation of Spiritual Needs Questionnaire in Pakistan. Religions 2018; 9: 163; doi:10.3390/rel9050163

Moeini B, Zamanian H, Taheri-Kharameh Z, Ramezani T, Saati-Asr M, Hajrahimian M, Amini-Tehrani M: Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Persian Version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire Among Elders With Chronic Diseases. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018; 55: 94-100.

Hatamipour K, Rassouli M, Yaghmaie F, Zendedel K: Psychometric Properties of the Farsi Version of “Spiritual Needs Questionnaire” for Cancer Patients in Iran: A Methodological Study. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2018; 19:  989-995

Himawan F, Anggorowati, Chasani S: Asesmen Kebutuhan Spiritual Pasien Penyakit Ginjal Kronik Yang Menjalani Hemodialisa Dengan Instrumen APSN dan SPNQ [Spiritual Needs Assessment in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis Using Instruments APSN and SpNQ]. Journal of Holistic Nursing Science 2019; 6 (1): 1-12

Riklikienė O, Spirgienė L, Snieguolė Kaselienė S, Luneckaitė Z, Tomkevičiūtė J, Büssing A: Translation, cultural adaptation and clinical validation of the Lithuanian version of the Spiritual Needs questionnaire amon hospitalized cancer patients. Medicina 2019, 55, 738; doi:10.3390/medicina55110738

Riklikienė O, Tomkevičiūtė J, Spirgienė L, Valiulienė L, Büssing A: Spiritual needs and their association with indicators of quality of life among non-terminally ill cancer patients from Lithuania. European Journal of Oncology Nursing 2019; 44:101681. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2019.101681

Riklikiene O, Poskaite G, Vainoras A: Spiritual needs, prayer and cardiac function changes in healthy young women – the interconnection of spirituality with human physiology. Journal of Complexity in Health Sciences, 2019; 2: 77-86. https://doi.org/10.21595/chs.2019.21235

Zhao Y, Wang Y, Yao X, Jiang L, Hou M, Zhao Q: Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of spiritual needs questionnaire with 27 items (SpNQ-Ch-27) in cancer patients. Int J Nurs Sci. 2019;6(2):141-147. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2019.03.010.

Frick E, Büssing A, Rodrigues Recchia D, Härtl K, Beivers A, Wapler C, Dodt C: Spirituelle Bedürfnisse von Patienten eines Notfallzentrums  [Spiritual needs of patients in an emergency room]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2020. doi: 10.1007/s00063-020-00653-8. [Epub ahead of print]

Büssing A, Baumann K, Rentschler, Becker G; Stability of Cancer Patients/ Unmet Spiritual Needs and Spiritual Wellbeing in Palliative Care Units. Oncol Res Treat 2020; 43(suppl 1); 123; e-ISBN 978-3-318-06686-9

Büssing A, Büntzel J, Frick E: Spiritual Care in Oncology: Cancer Patients’ Unmet Spiritual – Data from a Pilot Project. Oncol Res Treat 2020; 43(suppl 1); 148; e-ISBN 978-3-318-06686-9

Büssing A, Baumann K, Rentschler J, Becker G: Spirituelle Bedürfnisse von Tumorpatienten verändern sich während der palliativmedizinischen Betreuung kaum. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Onkologie 2020; Online first: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1135-3566

Fradelos EC, Prapa P, Alikari V, Papathanasiou V, Lavdaniti M, Tzavella F, Platis Ch, Theofilou P: Investigation of the Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ). Hellenic Journal of Nursing 2020, 59(4): 360–368

Sastra L, Büssing A, Chen CH, Yen M, Lin ECL: Spiritual Needs and Influencing Factors of Indonesian Muslims With Cancer During Hospitalization. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2021; 32 https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659620908926

Büssing A: The Spiritual Needs Questionnaire in research and clinical application: A summary of findings. Journal of Religion & Health 2021; 60(5), 3732-3748; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01421-4

Desmet D, Dezutter J, Vandenhoeck A, Dillen A: Spiritual needs of geriatric hospitalized patients and the associations with depressive symptoms and pain intensity: a cross-sectional study in Belgium. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging 2021; 34:  245-267; https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2021.1928584

Sturm N, Stolz R, Schalhorn F, Valentini J, Krisam J, Frick E, Mächler R, Szecsenyi J, Straßner C. Self-Efficacy, Social
Activity, and Spirituality in the Care of Elderly Patients with Polypharmacy in Germany - A Multicentric Cross-Sectional Study within the HoPES3 Trial. Healthcare 2021; 9: 1312. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101312

Stripp TK, Büssing A, Wehberg S, Andersen HS, Kørup AK, Pedersen HF, Søndergaard J, Hvidt NC: Measuring Spiritual Needs in secular society: Validation and clinimetric properties of the Danish 20-item Spiritual Needs Questionnaire 2022; 61: 3542–3565; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01533-5

Maier K, Konaszewski K, Skalski SB, Büssing A, Surzykiewicz J: Spiritual needs, religious coping and mental wellbeing: a cross-sectional study among migrants and refugees in Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19, 3415. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063415

Büssing A, Scheer K, Tewes M, Niesert W, Büntzel J, Rentschler: Erfassung existenzieller und spiritueller Bedürfnisse in der palliativen Betreuung – Erste Erkenntnisse zur Implementierung des Spiritual Needs Screeners. Spiritual Care 2022; 11(3): 278–281.  https://doi.org/10.1515/spircare-2022-0045

Stripp TA, Wehberg S, Büssing A, Søndergaard J, Balboni TA, VanderWeele TJ, Hvidt NC: Spiritual needs in Denmark: A population-based cross-sectional survey linked to Danish national registers. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe 2023; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666776223000200

Overviews

Büssing A, Koenig HG: Spiritual Needs of Patients with Chronic Diseases. Religions 2010; 1: 18-27.

Seddigh R, Keshavarz-Akhlaghi AA, Azarnik S: Questionnaires Measuring Patients' Spiritual Needs: A Narrative Literature Review. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2016; 10: e4011. doi: 10.17795/ijpbs-4011.

Nissen RD, Falkø E, Toudal DV, Assing-Hvidt E, Büssing A, Søndergaard J, Walin JA, Hvidt NC: The Catalogue of Spiritual Care Instruments: A scoping review. Religions 2020; 11: 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11050252

Büssing A (ed.) Spiritual Needs in Research and Practice. The Spiritual Needs Questionnaire as a Global Resource for Health and Social Care. Cham: Pelgrave McMillan (2021) ISBN 978-3-030-70138-3