Psychometric Properties of the Hypertension Self-Care Behavior Scale for Elders with Hypertension in Korea.
10.7739/jkafn.2017.24.1.1
- Author:
Na AN
1
;
Younghee JUN
;
Youngshin SONG
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea. yssong87@cnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hypertension;
Aged;
Self-care;
Adherence;
Reliability and validation
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diet;
Health Behavior;
Humans;
Hypertension*;
Korea*;
Nursing;
Nutritionists;
Psychometrics*;
Reproducibility of Results;
Self Care*;
Weights and Measures
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2017;24(1):1-8
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Hypertension Self-Care Behavior Scale for older adults with hypertension in Korea. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was used with 196 participants. Translation and back-translation were performed by bilingual nursing professionals and a nutritionist. Reliability and validity such as content validity, construct validity, and concurrent validity were conducted. To evaluate the concurrent validity, the correlation coefficients between the Korean version of Hypertension Self-Care Behavior and concurrent scales (hypertension adherence scale and self-efficacy scale) were calculated. RESULTS: The total 20 items for the Korean version of the Hypertension Self-Care (HBP-SC) Behavior Scale were retained during item-analysis. In explanatory factor analysis, a two-factor solution was proposed and the two factors named, ‘HBP-SC Diet behavior’ and ‘HBP-SC Health behavior (except diet)’. The two factors accounted for 48.9% of the variances. The Korean version of the Hypertension Self-Care Behavior Scale correlated with concurrent variables such as hypertension adherence and self-efficacy. For reliability of the Korean version of the Hypertension Self-Care Behavior, Cronbach's α=.92. CONCLUSION: Findings show that the Korean version of the Hypertension Self-Care Behavior is reliable and valid for measuring self-care behavior of older adults with hypertension.
