Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the diabetic foot self-care questionnaire in Iranian patients with diabetes

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Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the diabetic foot self-care questionnaire in Iranian patients with diabetes

Zaniar Karimi Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh Hassan Mahmoodi Hamid Sharif Nia Kamel Abdi Emmanuel Navarro-flores

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Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Psychometrics Psychometrics Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Validity 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Iran Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology 03 medical and health sciences Diabetic foot self-care 0302 clinical medicine Cronbach's alpha Infermeria Surveys and Questionnaires Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Diabetes Persia Reproducibility of Results Construct validity General Medicine Middle Aged RC648-665 medicine.disease Diabetic foot Diabetic Foot Exploratory factor analysis Self Care Cross-Sectional Studies Physical therapy Female Self-care business Foot (unit)Research Article

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AbstractBackgroundDiabetic foot self-care refers to a group of self-management behaviors that can reduce the incidence of foot ulcers and amputations. It is necessary to have a valid and reliable standard tool to measure foot self-care in diabetic patients. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Diabetic Foot Self-Care Questionnaire of the University of Malaga, Spain (DFSQ-UMA) in Iran.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted with 407 diabetic patients who were selected using a convenient sampling method. Construct validity was assessed by exploratory (with 207 patients) and confirmatory (with 200 patients) factor analyses. Internal consistency was calculated using Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega coefficients.ResultsIn the exploratory factor analysis, three factors with eigenvalues of 3.84, 2.41, and 2.26 were extracted that together explained 56.74% of the total variance of diabetic foot self-care. A Cronbach’s alpha of 0.865 was found for the total instrument.ConclusionsThe Persian version of the DFSQ-UMA has good validity and reliability, and given its good psychometric properties, it can be used in future studies.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2021-04-01

10.1186/s12902-021-00734-5 https://hdl.handle.net/10550/81623