Validity and reliability of the German translation of the Diabetes Foot Self-Care Behavior Scale (DFSBS-D).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Comprehensive regular foot self-care is one of the most critical self-management behaviors for people with diabetes to prevent foot ulcer development and related complications. Yet, adequate foot self-care is only practiced by very few of those affected. To improve diabetic foot syndrome prevention, a valid and reliable instrument for measuring daily foot-care routines in patients with diabetes is needed. However, no such instrument is currently available in the German language. This study, therefore, aims to translate and cross-culturally adapt the "Diabetic Foot Self-Care Behavior Scale" (DFSBS) into German (DFSBS-D) and evaluate its validity and reliability.

Material and methods

The DFSBS was translated from English into German using a forward-backward proced

SUBMITTER: Lecker L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9165872 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature