A scale for measuring home-based cardiac rehabilitation exercise adherence: a development and validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits of home-based cardiac rehabilitation exercise are well-established and depend on long-term adherence. However, there is no uniform and recognized cardiac rehabilitation criterion to assess home-based cardiac rehabilitation exercise adherence for patients with cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to develop a home-based cardiac rehabilitation exercise adherence scale and to validate its psychometric properties among patients with chronic heart failure.

Methods

The dimensions and items of the scale were created based on grounded theory research, literature content analysis, and defined by a Delphi survey. Item analysis was completed to assess the discrimination and homogeneity of the scale. Factor analysis was adopted to explore and validate the und

SUBMITTER: Yang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10405489 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature