{"title":"Validity evidence of the Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory: Brazilian version.","authors":"Mariana Tereza Monferdini Ruoco Acettia, Michele Nakahara-Melo, Fernanda Ayache Nishi, Dina Almeida Lopes Monteiro Cruz","doi":"10.1590/1983-1447.2025.20240151.en","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To generate evidence regarding the validity of the internal structure and consistency of the Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory - Brazilian Version and its relationship with health-related quality of life.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A psychometric study of instrument validation was carried out with 227 adults (female=74.89%; mean age= 58.03±13.2 years) with chronic illnesses who answered the instrument adapted for Brazil. Internal structural validity was studied by confirmatory factor analysis, the relationship with health-related quality of life was analyzed by correlation with health-related quality of life, and internal consistency by the omega coefficient.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The theoretical structure of the instrument was confirmed with three domains and good fit indexes and 18 of the 20 items had factorial loadings above 0.3; the omega coefficient was 0.929; and participants with better self-care scores had better quality of life scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory - Brazilian Version provides good evidence of internal validity and consistency for studying self-care in chronic diseases in Brazil.</p>","PeriodicalId":35609,"journal":{"name":"Revista gaucha de enfermagem / EENFUFRGS","volume":"46 ","pages":"e20240151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Revista gaucha de enfermagem / EENFUFRGS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2025.20240151.en","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Objective: To generate evidence regarding the validity of the internal structure and consistency of the Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory - Brazilian Version and its relationship with health-related quality of life.
Method: A psychometric study of instrument validation was carried out with 227 adults (female=74.89%; mean age= 58.03±13.2 years) with chronic illnesses who answered the instrument adapted for Brazil. Internal structural validity was studied by confirmatory factor analysis, the relationship with health-related quality of life was analyzed by correlation with health-related quality of life, and internal consistency by the omega coefficient.
Results: The theoretical structure of the instrument was confirmed with three domains and good fit indexes and 18 of the 20 items had factorial loadings above 0.3; the omega coefficient was 0.929; and participants with better self-care scores had better quality of life scores.
Conclusion: The Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory - Brazilian Version provides good evidence of internal validity and consistency for studying self-care in chronic diseases in Brazil.
期刊介绍:
A Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul edita e publica a Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem para divulgar a produção científica da Enfermagem e áreas afins. Foi criada em 1976 e atualmente tem periodicidade trimestral.