Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale for Brazilian Portuguese

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Maria Karolina Feijó²  Christiane Wahast Ávila²  Emiliane Nogueira De Souza¹  Tiny Jaarsma¹  Eneida Rejane Rabelo² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Escola de Enfermagem ,Brazil

关键词: Heart Failure;    Self-care;    Nursing Education;    Validation Studies;    Insuficiência Cardíaca;    Autocuidado;    Educação em Enfermagem;    Estudos de Validação;    Insuficiencia Cardíaca;    Autocuidado;    Educación en Enfermería;    Estudios de Validación;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692012000500022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To adapt and validate a Brazilian Portuguese version of the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale. METHODS: The cross-cultural adaptation (translation, synthesis, back-translation, expert committee review, and pretesting) and validation (assessment of face validity, content validity, and internal consistency reliability) were carried out in accordance with the literature. The European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale assesses key components of self-care: recognition of the signs and symptoms of decompensated heart failure (HF) and decision-making when these signs and symptoms arise. It comprises 12 items (range 12-60, where lower scores indicate better self-care). RESULTS: The sample comprised 124 HF patients with a mean age of 62.3 ± 12 years. The Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency was 0.70 and the intraclass correlation coefficient for reproducibility was 0.87. CONCLUSION: Face and content validity, internal consistency and reproducibility have lended validity and reliability for the use of the instrument in Brazil.

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