Validity and reliability of the Amharic version of supportive care needs survey - short form 34 among cancer patients in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Supportive care needs survey short form has a total of 34 items that have 5 domains that measure the unmet needs of cancer patients. It is important to validate this tool since there are differences in culture, geographic areas, and clinical care service which influence patients' needs. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the construct validity and reliability of the tool.

Methods

The study was conducted among 170 cancer patients from April 1st to 30th 2019 in Hawassa hospital, South Ethiopia. Confirmatory factor analysis was done using fit indices. Convergent and discriminant validity was evaluated using average variance extracted and maximum shared variance respectively. Known group validity was checked using the Mann-Whitney U test. The reliability of the ins

SUBMITTER: Afework T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8138921 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature