1. Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale.
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Grinslade, Susan, Paper, Bruce, Hongjuan Jing, and Quinn, Laurie
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STATISTICAL correlation ,PEOPLE with diabetes ,DISCRIMINANT analysis ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,FACTOR analysis ,RESEARCH methodology ,READABILITY (Literary style) ,RESEARCH evaluation ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,SELF-efficacy ,STATISTICAL reliability ,PREDICTIVE validity ,MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Background and Purpose: No scales measure self-efficacy in women with Type 2 diabetes. A scale was developed and tested. Methods: Items generated, content validity index (CVI) assessed by experts, the 2-part Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale (DSLF-I and DSLF-II) was piloted with 62 women, administered to 208 women, and then readministered to 30 women to determine initial reliability. Factor analysis was conducted for construct validity. Discriminant, convergent, and predictive validity was examined. Results: The CVI index was 98%. Cronbach's alphas were 0.88 (DSLF-I) and 0.82 (DSLF-II; pilot) and 0.87 and 0.86, respectively (main study); test-retest correlation was .60 (DSLF-I) and .69 (DSLF-II). There were 3 factors that emerged: diabetes knowledge of self-care activity, diabetes diet self-care, and diabetes medication self-care. Conclusions: The Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale demonstrates good initial reliability and validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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