Development and evaluation of the Directive and Nondirective Support Scale for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to develop the Directive and Nondirective Support Scale for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (DNSS-T2DM) to measure diabetes-specific support and patients' preference as well as evaluate the construct validity and reliability of the DNSS-T2DM.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in Tongzhou District, Beijing, China from July to September 2015. A total of 474 participants who had been diagnosed as type 2 diabetes by physicians and completed the DNSS-T2DM were included. The original 11-item DNSS-T2DM contains five items on nondirective support (Items 1-5) and six items on directive support (Items 6-11). There were two parallel questions for each item with one to measure the preference for support (Preference part) and the other to measure the

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7644558 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature