Spiritual Health Assessment Scale (SHAS)
This tool has been adopted from research by Dr. Kusum Lata Gaur & Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Preventive and Social Medicine Department, S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and uses different words and phrases to offer a reflection on wellbeing. It has been used to cause you to think (because we are not using the usual Christian words!) about how you feel about those things.
Please indicate where you think you are today, on the likert scale in each statement.
Likert Scale: 1. Never 2. Rarely 3. Seldom 4. Often 5. Always
Self-Development: Where do you assess yourself by the following items?
| Prudence i.e. wisdom of discrimination | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Gratitude i.e. respect others | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Generosity i.e. feeling of equity | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Charity i.e. helping people | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Patience i.e. calm in adversity | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Self control i.e. able to control emotions | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Moral Actions i.e. act according to Biblical values | 1 2 3 4 5 |
Self-Actualisation: How much you know yourself can be assessed by the following items –
| Introspection: How much you reflect about your own self | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Purpose of life: How much you know about the purpose of your life | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Way of life: How much you know about the way you want to live your life | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Strengths: How much you know about your own strength | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Weaknesses: How much you know about your own weaknesses | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Solutions: How much you know about solutions to deal with your weaknesses | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| End of life: How much you have thought about the end of your life | 1 2 3 4 5 |
Self-Realisation: How much you realise yourself can be assessed by the following items –
| Thoughtfulness: being able to focus your mind | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Stillness: being able to be still | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Satisfaction: being content with what you have | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Freedom: Feeling of eternal freedom | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Biblical truth: living according to Biblical truth | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Peace: Feeling of pleasure without outside objects | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Discernment: Feeling you have good intrusions and inspirations | 1 2 3 4 5 |
Level of Spiritual Health
Scoring Between
21 to 49 Poor Spiritual Health
50 to 77 Fair Spiritual Health
78 to 105 Good Spiritual Health