Colombia Médica | |
Elders Health Empowerment Scale. Spanish adaptation and psychometric analysis | |
Daniel Jorge Luis Serrani Azcurra1  | |
[1] National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina. Maimónides University, Buenos Aires, Argentina. | |
关键词: Health; empowerment; rating scale; elders; chronic disease; psychometric analysis; self-efficacy; | |
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学科分类:医学(综合) | |
来源: Universidad del Valle * Facultad de Salud / Universidad del Valle, Faculty of Health | |
【 摘 要 】
Introduction:Empowerment refers to patient skills that allow them to become primary decision-makers in control of daily self-management of health problems. As important the concept as it is, particularly for elders with chronic diseases, few available instruments have been validated for use with Spanish speaking people.Objective:Translate and adapt the Health Empowerment Scale (HES) for a Spanish-speaking older adults sample and perform its psychometric validation.Methods:The HES was adapted based on the Diabetes Empowerment Scale-Short Form. Where “diabetes�? was mentioned in the original tool, it was replaced with “health�? terms to cover all kinds of conditions that could affect health empowerment. Statistical and Psychometric Analyses were conducted on 648 urban-dwelling seniors.Results:The HES had an acceptable internal consistency with a Cronbach’s α of 0.89. The convergent validity was supported by significant Pearson’s Coefficient correlations between the HES total and item scores and the General Self Efficacy Scale (r= 0.77), Swedish Rheumatic Disease Empowerment Scale (r= 0.69) and Making Decisions Empowerment Scale (r= 0.70). Construct validity was evaluated using item analysis, half-split test and corrected item to total correlation coefficients; with good internal consistency (α> 0.8). The content validity was supported by Scale and Item Content Validity Index of 0.98 and 1.0, respectively.Conclusions:HES had acceptable face validity and reliability coefficients; which added to its ease administration and users�? unbiased comprehension, could set it as a suitable tool in evaluating elder’s outpatient empowerment-based medical education programs.
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