Psychometric properties of the living with long term conditions scale in an English-speaking population living with long term conditions in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To present the psychometric properties of the living with long-term condition (LwLTCs) scale in an English-speaking population of people with different LTCs.

Design

An observational and cross-sectional study, with retest was conducted. Psychometric properties including feasibility, internal consistency, confirmatory factor analysis, reproducibility and content validity were tested.

Setting

The study took place across the UK via primary care surgeries and voluntary organisations, between December 2021 and June 2022.

Participants

The study included 577 patients living with different LTCs, as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis, chronic heart failure, Parkinson's disease, chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Inclusion criteri

SUBMITTER: Ambrosio L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806636 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature