Psychometric properties of the Death Anxiety Scale for adult chronic patients.

IF 2.1 Q3 PSYCHIATRY
Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-27 DOI:10.47626/2237-6089-2023-0630
Ximena Palacios-Espinosa, Ricardo Sánchez Pedraza, Ana-María Gómez-Carvajal, Juan Sebastián Botero-Meneses, Diana María Escallón, Diego Armando Leal
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Abstract

Objectives: Death anxiety (DA) is a predictor of exacerbation of both physical and psychological symptoms of chronic diseases. Therefore, having short and easy-to-apply instruments to assess the presence of DA and adopting a multidisciplinary approach to address it are important. This study analyzes the psychometric properties of the Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), originally developed by Donald Templer, in a Colombian population of adult patients diagnosed with a chronic disease.

Methods: The original instrument was linguistically, conceptually, and culturally adapted to Colombian Spanish to be subsequently administered to 301 adult patients with chronic diseases.

Results: The exploratory factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure, which explained 47% of variance. Internal consistency was demonstrated (Cronbach's alpha: 0.71; McDonald's omega: 0.76; Guttman's lambda 6 [G6]: 0.74; greatest lower bound: 0.54). A correlation coefficient of 0.64 was found between the total score of the DAS and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI).

Conclusion: When comparing the results with the versions of the DAS in Spanish from Mexico and Spain, variability in the psychometric properties was observed. Language cannot therefore be assumed to be a guarantee of the reliability and validity of the instrument.

成人慢性病人死亡焦虑量表的心理测量特征。
目的:死亡焦虑(DA)是慢性疾病生理和心理症状加重的预测因子。因此,拥有简短且易于应用的工具来评估DA的存在并采用多学科方法来解决它是很重要的。本研究分析了死亡焦虑量表(DAS)的心理测量特性,该量表最初由Donald Templer开发,在哥伦比亚被诊断患有慢性疾病的成年患者人群中。方法:最初的仪器在语言、概念和文化上都与哥伦比亚西班牙语相适应,随后对301名患有慢性疾病的成年患者进行了治疗。结果:探索性因子分析揭示了三因素结构,解释了47%的方差。证明了内部一致性(Cronbach's alpha: 0.71;麦当劳欧米茄:0.76;Guttman’s lambda 6 [G6]: 0.74;最大下限:0.54)。DAS总分与Beck焦虑量表(BAI)的相关系数为0.64。结论:当将结果与墨西哥和西班牙的DAS西班牙语版本进行比较时,观察到心理测量特性的差异。因此,不能假定语言是文书可靠性和有效性的保证。
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