The validity and reliability of a Chinese version of the diabetes self-care activities questionnaire

VernacularTitle:中文版糖尿病自护行为量表的信度和效度研究
Author: Yuyi CHEN ; Miaoguan PENG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Diabetes; Self-care behavior; ,Scale
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2011;27(14):60-62
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version Diabetea Self-Care Behavior(SDSCA)Questionnaire,and thus to provide an effective and convenient way of self-care behavior assessment for patients with type 2 diabetes.Methods The questionnaire based on the translation of SDSCA wag used in 20 cases of type 2 diabetes patients,in order to analyze the retest rehability,internal consistency and scale construct validity. Results The retest reliability of each dimension wag between 0.763 to 1.000;the scale correlation coeflicients between items in specific diet dimension Wag lowest(0.104),and the others were moderate to high degree of correlation between 0.555～0.933;exploratory factor analysis extracted 4 components,and the percentage of variance explained was 67.483% .Conclusions Chinese version SDSCA has a good reliability and validity,and is good for evaluating the self-care activities in type 2 diabetes patients.