Validation of living with chronic illness scale in a type 2 diabetes mellitus population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases and one of those producing greatest impact on patients' day-to-day quality of life. Our study aim is to validate the "Living with Chronic Illness Scale" for a Spanish-speaking T2DM population.

Methods

In this observational, international, cross-sectional study, 582 persons with T2DM were recruited in primary care and outpatient hospital consultations, in Spain and Colombia, during the period from May 2018 to June 2019. The properties analysed were feasibility/acceptability, internal consistency, reliability, precision and (structural) content-construct validity including confirmatory factor analysis. The COSMIN checklist was used to assess the methodological/psychometric quali

SUBMITTER: Caro-Bautista J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7972215 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature