RT Journal Article
T1 Validation of living with chronic illness scale in a type 2 diabetes mellitus population
A1 Caro-Bautista, Jorge
A1 Rodríguez Blázquez, Carmen María
A1 Perez‑Manchon, David
A1 Timonet Andreu, Eva María
A1 Carvajal‑Carrascal, Gloria
A1 Fuentes‑Ramírez, Alejandra
A1 Corchon, Silvia
A1 Aranda-Gallardo, Marta
A1 Ambrosio, Leire
K1 Diabetes
AB Background: Worldwide, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases and one of those producing greatest impact on patients’ day-to-day quality of life. Our study aim is to validate the “Living with Chronic Illness Scale” for a Spanish-speaking T2DM population.Methods: In this observational, international, cross-sectional study, 582 persons with T2DM were recruited in primary care and outpatient hospital consultations, in Spain and Colombia, during the period from May 2018 to June 2019. The properties analysed were feasibility/acceptability, internal consistency, reliability, precision and (structural) content-construct validity including confirmatory factor analysis. The COSMIN checklist was used to assess the methodological/ psychometric quality of the instrument.Results: The scale had an adequate internal consistency and test retest reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.90; intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.96, respectively). In addition, the instrument is precise (standard error of measurement= 3.34, with values < ½SD = 8.52) and correlates positively with social support (DUFSS) ( rs = 0.56), quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) (rs = 0.51–0.30) and ssatisfaction with life (SLS-6) (rs = 0.50–0.38). The original 26-items version of the scale did not support totally the confirmatory factor analysis. The COSMIN checklist is favourable for all the properties analysed, although weaknesses are detected for structural validity.Conclusions: The LW-CI-T2DM is a valid, reliable and accurate instrument for use in clinical practice to determine how a person’s life is affected by the presence of diabetes. This instrument correlates well with the associated constructs of social support, quality of life and satisfaction. Additional research is needed to determine how well the questionnaire structure performs when robust factor analysis methods are applied.
PB BMC
YR 2021
FD 2021-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36092
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36092
LA eng
NO Caro-Bautista J, Rodríguez-Blázquez C, Perez-Manchon D, Timonet-Andreu E, Carvajal-Carrascal G, Fuentes-Ramírez A, Corchon S, Aranda-Gallardo M, Ambrosio L. Validation of living with chronic illness scale in a type 2 diabetes mellitus population. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2021 Mar 17;19(1):93. doi: 10.1186/s12955-021-01715-x. PMID: 33731142; PMCID: PMC7972215.
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