Validation and Psychometric Analysis of the German Translation of the Appraisal of Self-Care Agency Scale-Revised.

ABSTRACT: Self-care and self-management are essential for well-being, especially in advancing age or chronic illness. To assess these complex behaviors, validated questionnaires are needed. The Appraisal of Self-Care Agency Scale-Revised (ASAS-R) is a self-report questionnaire to evaluate the actions people take to manage their health. This manuscript reports the psychometric properties of the German ASAS-R translation. After standardized translation, convergent validity was assessed with the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) controlling for sociodemographic and health factors. Internal consistency, descriptive statistics, and principal component analysis (PCA) are reported. We analyzed data of 215 community-dwelling German adults aged 51.6 ± 14.7 years with at least one chronic illness. Similar to t

SUBMITTER: Schonenberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9498910 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature