Reliability testing of self-care of heart failure index v6.2 Chinese instrument among heart failure patients
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) v6.2 Chinese is an instrument used to assess the ability of self-care behaviour among heart failure patients. It has been validated in Taiwan; however it is yet to be validated in Malaysia. As a multi-ethnic country, Chinese language has been one of the major languages in Malaysia. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the reliability of Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) v6.2 Chinese among Malaysian population. DESIGN: A successive independent sample design was used throughout a 4-months data collection period. SETTING: Eighty heart failure patients from University of Malaya Medical Centre and National Heart Institute were recruited through purposive sampling. The two hospitals were chosen because they have specialized heart clinics that eased the data collection. The out-patients were screened by the cardiologists for their eligibility to participate in this study. MEASURES: The samples were administered with SCHFI v6.2 Chinese. The item endorsement index, internal consistency and item-total correlation of SCHFI v6.2 Chinese was examined. RESULTS: The maintenance subscale of SCHFI showed a low internal consistency (Cronbach a = .52) while the management and confidence subscales showed an acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach a = .67 and .90 respectively). CONCLUSION: SCHFI v6.2 Chinese is a reliable instrument to be used to be used among Malaysian population.
Keywords
Heart failure, Reliability, Self-care
Divisions
medicinedept,primarycare
Publication Title
Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
Volume
16
Issue
3, SI
Publisher
Australian Coll Health Service Management