Transcultural Adaptation and Theoretical Models of Validation of the Spanish Version of the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index Version 6.2 (SCHFI v.6.2)

Raúl Juárez-Vela, Angela Durante, Rosa Antonio-Oriola, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Michał Czapla, Iván Santolalla-Arnedo, Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Amaya Burgos-Esteban, José Vicente Benavet-Cervera, Jorge Rubio-Gracia and Ercole Vellone
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Raúl Juárez-Vela: Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Angela Durante: Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
Rosa Antonio-Oriola: Hospital Lluís Alcanys, Xativa, 46800 Valencia, Spain
Vicente Gea-Caballero: Nursing School La Fe, Adscript Center Universidad de Valencia, 46026 Valencia, Spain
Michał Czapla: Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 50416 Wroclaw, Poland
Iván Santolalla-Arnedo: Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández: Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Amaya Burgos-Esteban: Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
José Vicente Benavet-Cervera: Department of Health Sciences, VIU Valencia International University, 46003 Valencia, Spain
Jorge Rubio-Gracia: Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinico Lozano Blesa, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Ercole Vellone: Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 2, 1-10

Abstract: Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major and growing public health problem worldwide. Across the world, heart failure is associated with high mortality, high hospitalization rates, and poor quality of life. Self-care is defined as a naturalistic decision-making process involving the choice of behaviors that maintain physiologic stability, the response to symptoms when they occur, and the ability to follow the treatment regimen and control symptoms. One instrument used to measure self-care is the Self Care of Heart Failure Index. Aim: The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Self Care of Heart Failure Index v.6.2 (SCHFI v.6.2). Methodology: Before testing its psychometric properties, the SCHFI v.6.2 was translated and adapted from its original English version into Spanish. Subsequently, we tested the instrument’s psychometric properties on a sample of 203 participants with HF. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the sociodemographic and clinical variables, and to describe item responses. We tested the factorial validity of the SCHFI v.6.2 using confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed using the our pre-existing models which resulted with poor fit indices. Thus, we performed exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on each of the SCHFI v.6.2 scales. Conclusion: The Spanish version of the SCHFI v.6.2. has good characteristics of factorial validity and can be used in clinical practice and research to measure self-care in patients with HF.

Keywords: self-care; heart failure; psychometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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