Development and psychometric testing of the family caregiver self-efficacy scale for patients in the early post-coronary artery bypass grafting.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Family caregiver self-efficacy plays an important role in improving the health and quality of life of patients in the early post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, there is a lack of targeted self-efficacy assessment tool for caregivers of patients. Thus, the purpose of this study was to develop a Family Caregiver Self-Efficacy Scale for patients in the early post-CABG (FCSES-EPCABG) and to test its reliability and validity.

Methods

Based on self-efficacy theory, the initial scale was formed by the literature review, semi-structured interviews, Delphi expert consultation, and pre-survey. Through the convenience sampling method, 133 caregivers who met the selection criteria were chosen for the questionnaire survey at Wuhan Asian Heart H

SUBMITTER: Zhou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11819569 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature