Chinese-version and reliability and validity of the Health Literacy of Caregivers Scale-Cancer
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20220422-01986
- VernacularTitle:癌症照顾者健康素养量表的汉化及信效度检验
- Author:
Huan LIN
1
;
Tingting SHEN
;
Wenchong LIU
;
Liying SHI
;
Ke SHAO
;
Hongxia GE
Author Information
1. 山东中医药大学护理学院，济南 250014
- Keywords:
Cancer;
Caregivers;
Health literacy;
Uterine cervical neoplasms;
Reliability;
Validity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2023;29(8):1004-1009
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To translate the Health Literacy of Caregivers Scale-Cancer (HLCS-C) into Chinese and test its reliability and validity.Methods:The British translation model was used to translate and back translate the English version scale, and the Chinese version scale was initially verified and revised through expert consultation and pre-test. From June to September 2021, 242 caregivers of cervical cancer patients admitted to Shandong Cancer Hospital were selected by convenient sampling. The revised Chinese version of HLCS-C was used to investigate the caregivers for reliability and validity test. A total of 242 questionnaires were distributed and 226 valid questionnaires were recovered.Results:There were 44 items in the Chinese version of HLCS-C. The exploratory factor analysis showed that the scale included 8 dimensions, namely cancer information collection, cancer information mastery, social support, cancer related communication with patients, understanding of patients' needs and preferences, health and healthcare service use, health information processing, and active participation with medical and nursing staff, with a cumulative variance contribution rate of 73.448%. The scale-level content validity index ( S- CVI) was 0.981, and the item-level content validity index ( I- CVI) was 0.833 to 1.000. The total Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.946, and Cronbach's α coefficient of each dimension was 0.700 to 0.945. The total half-reliability coefficient of the scale was 0.791, and the half-reliability coefficient of each dimension was 0.635 to 0.867. Conclusions:The Chinese version of HLCS-C has good reliability and validity, and can be used as an assessment tool for the health literacy of cervical cancer caregivers.
