scholarly journals Development and preliminary validation of the physician support of skin self-examination scale

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 301-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adina Coroiu ◽  
Chelsea Moran ◽  
Rosalind Garland ◽  
Annett Körner
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Health ◽  
Divergent Validity ◽  
Optimal Frequency ◽  
Reliable Measure ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Melanoma Patients ◽  
Physician Support ◽  
Self Examination ◽  
Preventive Health Behaviour

Skin self-examination (SSE) is a crucial preventive health behaviour in melanoma survivors, as it facilitates early detection. Physician endorsement of SSE is important for the initiation and maintenance of this behaviour. This study focussed on the preliminary validation of a new nine-item measure assessing physician support of SSE in melanoma patients. English and French versions of this measure were administered to 188 patients diagnosed with melanoma in the context of a longitudinal study investigating predictors and facilitators of SSE. Structural validity was investigated using exploratory factor analysis conducted in Mplus and convergent and divergent validity was assessed using bivariate correlations conducted in spss. Results suggest that the scale is a unidimensional and reliable measure of physician support for SSE. Given the uncertainty regarding the optimal frequency of SSE for at-risk individuals, we recommend that future psychometric evaluations of this scale consider tailoring items according to the most up-to-date research on SSE effectiveness.

scholarly journals Spanish translation and preliminary validation of the Pain Treatment Satisfaction Scale

F1000Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 996
Author(s):  
Teresa A. Nava-Obregon ◽  
Daniel A. Fragoso-Estrada ◽  
Sandra Castillo-Guzman ◽  
Norma G. Lopez-Cabrera ◽  
Omar González-Santiago ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Treatment Satisfaction ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Pain Treatment ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Divergent Validity ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity

Satisfactory pain treatment could prevent adverse physical and psychological outcomes in patients. In this sense, adequate survey to measure patient satisfaction of pain management is important. In this study, we translated the Pain Treatment Satisfaction Scale to Spanish and analyzed the psychometric properties of its five dimensions. Reliability was determined with Chronbach´s-α and convergent and divergent validity with a multitrait-multimethod analysis. The latter were reported as successful percentage. In the five dimensions, the reliability of the Spanish version showed Chronbach´s-α values ≥ 0.75; successful percentage for convergent validity was ≥ 88, and successful percentage for divergent validity was ≥ 94. The Spanish version showed good psychometric properties and can be used to measure pain treatment satisfaction.

A brief scale of pathological worry that everyone already has

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Verkuil ◽  
Briana Brownlow ◽  
Michael Vasey ◽  
Jos F. Brosschot ◽  
Julian F. Thayer
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Divergent Validity ◽  
Central Process ◽  
Life Study ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Excellent Internal Consistency ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Pathological Worry ◽  
Anxiety Questionnaire

Worry is a central process in a wide range of psychopathological and somatic conditions. Three studies (N = 856) were used to test whether a subscale composed of five items of the most commonly used trait anxiety questionnaire, Spielberger’s State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait version (STAI-T), is appropriate to measure worry. Results showed that the subscale, named the Brief Worry Scale (BWS), had excellent internal consistency and temporal stability. Convergent and divergent validity were supported by correlation analyses using worry questionnaires and measures of anxious arousal and depression. The BWS was a particularly good predictor of the pathogenic aspects of worry, including worry perseveration in daily life (study 1), measures of clinical worry (study 2) and the uncontrollability of experimentally induced worry (study 3). Taken together, these studies demonstrate that the BWS might be a valuable scale for pathological worry, for which many researchers already have data.

scholarly journals Design and psychometric evaluation of epilepsy-related apathy scale (E-RAS) in adults with epilepsy: a sequential exploratory mixed methods design

BMC Neurology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Shamsalinia ◽  
Mozhgan Moradi ◽  
Reza Ebrahimi Rad ◽  
Reza Ghadimi ◽  
Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Divergent Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Scale Evaluation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Epileptic Patients ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity

Abstract Background Apathy in patients with epilepsy is associated with a wide range of consequences that reduce the patient’s ability to perform social functions and participate in self-care and rehabilitation programs. Therefore, apathy is one of the important diagnoses of the healthcare team in the process of caring for epileptic patients and its dimensions need to be examined and recognized. Therefore, appropriate instruments with the sociocultural milieu of each community should be provided to health care providers. The aim of the present study was to design and measure epilepsy–related apathy scale (E-RAS) in adults with epilepsy. Methods This study of sequential exploratory mixed methods design was conducted in Iran from April 2019 to December 2019. In the Item generation stage, two inductive (face-to-face and semi-structured interviews with 17 adult epileptic patients) and deductive (literature review) were used. In item reduction, integration of qualitative and literature reviews and scale evaluation were accomplished. For Scale Evaluation, face, content, construct [exploratory factor analysis (EFA) (n = 360) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) (n = 200)], convergent and divergent Validity and reliability (internal consistency and stability) were investigated. Results The results of EFA showed that E-RAS has four factors, namely, motivation; self-regulatory; cognition and emotional-effective. These four latent factors accounted for a total of 48.351% of the total variance in the E-RAS construct. The results of CFA showed that the 4-factor model of E-RAS has the highest fit with the data. The results of convergent and divergent validity showed that the values of composite reliability (CR) and average variance extracted (AVE) for the four factors were greater than 0.7 and 0.5, respectively, and the value of AVE for each factor was greater than CR. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the whole scale was obtained 0.815. The results of the test-retest showed that there was a significant agreement between the test and retest scores (P < 0.001). Conclusion E-RAS is a multidimensional construct consisting of 24 items, and has acceptable validity and reliability for the study of epilepsy-related apathy in adult epileptic patients.

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