Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the new fear of hypoglycemia scale: FH-15.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Fear of Hypoglycemia scale with 15 items (FH-15).

Methods

After obtaining the original author's authorization, the English version of the FH-15 scale was translated, back translated, and culturally debugged to obtain the Chinese version of FH-15. A convenient sampling method was used to extract patients with type 2 diabetes from four tertiary hospitals in Tianjin. A total of 408 patients with type 2 diabetes were investigated in the hospital to test the reliability and validity of Chinese version FH-15 scale.

Results

The content validity index of the scale was 0.92, and the content validity index of each item was 0.8-1.0. The exploratory factor analysis extracted three co

SUBMITTER: Liu YQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626267 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature