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- Title
Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Hope Scale in Iranian Patients With Cancer.
- Authors
Nia, Hamid Sharif; Rahmatpour, Pardis; She, Long; Abounoori, Mahdi; Maddah, Mohammad Moein; Sharif, Saeed Pahlevan; Mohammadinezhad, Mobin
- Abstract
Background and Purpose: Adult Hope Scale is one of the most popular tools for hope measuring. The study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian Version of Hope Scale among Iranian patients with cancer. Methods: In this methodological study, patients with cancer (n = 400) were recruited by convenience sampling from June to December 2019. The construct and content validity and reliability of the scale were evaluated. Results: A two-factor structure for the scale was indicated with the factors being optimism life, and despair that explained 60.483% of the total variance of the scale. The model has the goodness of fit and acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha:.701–.897). Conclusions: The Persian Version of Hope Scale demonstrated acceptable validity and reliability among patients with cancer.
- Subjects
IRAN; CANCER patient psychology; HOSPITALS; RELIABILITY (Personality trait); META-analysis; ACADEMIC medical centers; RESEARCH evaluation; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; RESEARCH methodology; SELF-evaluation; DISCRIMINANT analysis; HOPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; CRONBACH'S alpha; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Nursing Measurement, 2022, Vol 30, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
1061-3749
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/JNM-D-20-00043