1. Psychometric Evaluation of the Vietnamese Hemodialysis Stressor Scale.
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Dang, Thi Loan, Lai, Fu-Chih, Lin, Yen-Kuang, Chou, Kuei-Ru, Miao, Nae-Fang, and Liao, Yuan-Mei
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TREATMENT of chronic kidney failure ,HEMODIALYSIS ,PSYCHOLOGICAL stress ,STATISTICAL correlation ,FACTOR analysis ,HEALTH surveys ,PROBABILITY theory ,PSYCHOMETRICS ,QUALITY of life ,RESEARCH evaluation ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,STRESS management ,TRANSLATIONS ,STATISTICAL reliability ,MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,INTRACLASS correlation ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
The lack of a suitable assessment tool may limit optimal stress management and impair the health-related quality of life of patients undergoing hemodialysis. The purpose of the study was to examine latent constructs and psychometric properties of the Vietnamese Hemodialysis Stressor Scale (HSS-V). In total, 180 patients receiving hemodialysis were recruited. Psychometric properties of the HSS-V, including the construct validity, internal consistency, and test–retest reliability, were tested after the instrument translation. The exploratory factor analysis resulted in a 24-item HSS-V with four extracted factors, which explained 58.32% of the total variance. The construct validity was confirmed by significant negative correlations between scores on the HSS-V and Vietnamese-version Short Form-36. The internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = .82-.91) and test–retest reliability (intra-class correlations coefficient = .91-.94) of the 24-item HSS-V were satisfactory. A simple structure and preliminary acceptable psychometric properties of the HSS-V were established and can serve as a basis for further studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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