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- Title
Self-management in chronic conditions: partners in health scale instrument validation.
- Authors
Peñarrieta-de Crdóova, Isabel; Flores Barrios, Florabel; Gutierrez-Gomes, Tranquilina; del Socorro Piñonez-Martinez, Ma; Maria Quintero-Valle, Luz; Castañeda-Hidalgo, Hortensia
- Abstract
Aims. This article describes a study that aimed to validate the Self-care in Chronic Conditions Partners in Health Scale instrument in the Mexican population. The instrument has been validated in Australia for use as a screening tool by primary healthcare professionals to assess the self-care skills and abilities of people with a chronic illness. Methods. Validation was conducted using baseline data for 552 people with diabetes, hypertension and cancer aged 18 or older who were users of healthcare centres in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Results. Results show high reliability and validity of the instrument and three themes were identified: knowledge, adherence, and dealing with and managing side effects. Conclusion. The findings suggest the scale is useful as a generic self-rated clinical tool for assessing self-management in a range of chronic conditions, and provides an outcome measure for comparing populations and change in patient self-management knowledge and behaviour. The authors recommend validating the scale in other Latin-American settings with more research into the effect of gender on self-management.
- Subjects
MEXICO; SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC diseases; STATISTICAL correlation; DIABETES; HYPERTENSION; RESEARCH methodology; PATIENT compliance; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); HEALTH self-care; STATISTICS; TRANSLATIONS; TUMORS; U-statistics; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PREVENTION
- Publication
Nursing Management - UK, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 10, p32
- ISSN
1354-5760
- Publication type
Article