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Original Article • Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem 25 • 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.1533.2890 linkcopy

Open-access Construction and validation of the Self-care Assessment Instrument for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus1

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    ABSTRACT

    Objective:  to construct and validate the contents of the Self-care Assessment instrument for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Method:  methodological study, based on Orem's General Theory of Nursing. The empirical categories and the items of the instrument were elucidated through a focus group. The content validation process was performed by seven specialists and the semantic analysis by 14 patients. The Content Validity Indices of the items, ≥0.78, and of the scale, ≥0.90, were considered excellent.

    Results:  the instrument contains 131 items in six dimensions corresponding to the health deviation self-care requisites. Regarding the maintenance, a Content Validity Index of 0.98 was obtained for the full set of items, and, regarding the relevance, Content Validity Indices ≥0.80 were obtained for the majority of the assessed psychometric criteria.

    Conclusion:  the instrument showed evidence of content validity.

    Descriptors:
    Self Care; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Psychometrics; Validity of Test

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