The Turkish Version of Reliability and Validity of Nine Item-European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to develop and assess the validity and the Turkish version of reliability of Nine Item European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale (EHFScB Scale-9).
Material and Method: This methodological study was conducted with 123 heart failure (HF) patients whose mean age was 61.82±11.39 years. The language adaptation, validity assessment and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients and the item-total correlation were examined.
Results: Factor analysis of the scale found a KMO index of 0.757, a Bartlett’ssphericity of X²=384.870, df=36, and p=0.000. Two factors explain 56.5% of the total variance. Internal consistency reliability of the whole questionnaire was 0.820. All items of factor loadings were above 0.40 and factor loadings of the items ranged from 0.511–0.817 in the scales. Item-total correlations were 0.381 and 0.639 for the two dimensions. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the EHFScB-9 scale is a valid, reliable tool, which can be used to measure HF self-care behavior.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Clinical Sciences
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
April 1, 2018
Submission Date
April 13, 2017
Acceptance Date
December 11, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 8 Number: 1