Encarnação, PaulaOliveira, Clara C.Martins, Teresa2019-12-182019-12-1820180283-9318http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/30602Suffering has been considered by many authors to be a difficult concept to assess and measure, as it is subjective and unique. However, to guide the diagnosis and decision-making of healthcare professionals, it is important to develop an instrument that differentiates the different suffering dimensions, namely, intra- and interpersonal suffering, awareness of suffering and spiritual suffering.engAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsStress, PsychologicalSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultjournal article10.1111/scs.12569