Validation of the revised piper fatigue scale in Koreans with chronic hepatitis B

PLoS One

Yeonsoo Jang¹  Jeong Hyun Kim²  Kyunghwa Lee² 

[1] College of Nursing, Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea;Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

关键词: Korean people;    Fatigue;    Factor analysis;    Hepatitis B virus;    Research validity;    Behavior;    Chronic hepatitis;    Material fatigue;   

DOI  :  10.1371/journal.pone.0177690

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Public Library of Science

【 摘 要 】

Purpose The purpose of the study was to evaluate the construct validity and reliability of the Korean version of the revised Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS) in Koreans with chronic hepatitis B. Methods A total of 146 chronic hepatitis B patients completed the Korean version of the revised PFS. A descriptive analysis was performed to determine the subjects’ demographic characteristics; the construct validity was examined using exploratory factor analysis; and internal consistency reliability of the scale was estimated for the meaningful total scale and factors. Results The factor analysis supported the original four-factor structure based on Kaiser Criterion and Minimum Average Partial (MAP): Behavioral/Severity, Affective meaning, Sensory, & Cognitive/Mood. In the 22 items in the original instrument, patient/impatient, relaxed/tense, and exhilarated/depressed were re-identified from the cognitive/mood subscale and sensory subscale. The Cronbach’s alpha of the 22-item Korean version of the revised PFS was 0.96 for the total scale, and the range of Cronbach’s alpha for subscales was 0.90 to 0.93. Conclusions The results of the study revealed that the 22-item Korean version of the revised PFS is valid and reliable in Koreans with chronic hepatitis B. Further studies ascertaining the psychometric properties of the revised PFS need to be performed in Korean patients.

【 授权许可】

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