The Transcultural Adaptation and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Duke Anticoagulation Satisfaction Scale.

ABSTRACT: Background: The Duke Anticoagulation Satisfaction Scale (DASS) offers a method to measure the quality of life and satisfaction of patients taking oral anticoagulants. The study aimed to validate the Chinese version of the DASS in Chinese patients on anticoagulation therapy. Methods: The DASS was translated, back-translated, and transculturally adapted into the Chinese version and then administered to participants taking oral anticoagulants in a physician-pharmacist collaborative anticoagulation clinic at a tertiary teaching hospital from October 2019 to December 2020. Reliability was analyzed through Cronbach's alpha (α) and split-half reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test the structural validity of the scale. Exploratory factor analysis was performe

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8904917 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature