Validation of the Spanish version of the questionnaire on Patient Empowerment in Long-Term Conditions

Patient empowerment is a key factor in improving health outcomes. To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the questionnaire on Patient Empowerment in Long-Term Conditions (PELC) that evaluates the degree of empowerment of patients with chronic diseases. Three measurements w...

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Published in:PloS one 2020-06, Vol.15 (6), p.e0233338-e0233338
Main Authors: Garcimartín, Paloma, Comín-Colet, Josep, Pardo-Cladellas, Yolanda, Badosa, Neus, Linas, Anna, Rosenfeld, Laia, Faraudo, Merçe, Valero, Oliver, Hidalgo, Encarna, Cainzos-Achirica, Miguel, Ruiz, Sonia, Delgado-Hito, Pilar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Biology and Life Sciences
Biomedical research
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease
Chronic illnesses
Chronically ill
Clinical decision making
Congestive heart failure
Consistency
Correlation
Correlation analysis
Correlation coefficient
Correlation coefficients
Decision making
Demographic aspects
Empowerment
Evaluation
Health aspects
Heart diseases
Heart failure
Hospitals
Legal medicine
Likert scale
Measurement methods
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Patient outcomes
Patients
Quality of life
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Reliability analysis
Reproducibility
Research and Analysis Methods
Sensitivity analysis
Social Sciences
Spanish language
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Summary:Patient empowerment is a key factor in improving health outcomes. To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the questionnaire on Patient Empowerment in Long-Term Conditions (PELC) that evaluates the degree of empowerment of patients with chronic diseases. Three measurements were made (at baseline, 2 weeks and 12 weeks) of quality of life (QoL), self-care, self-efficacy and empowerment. Reliability was evaluated as internal consistency for the entire sample. Test-retest reproducibility was evaluated for patients who were stable from baseline to week 2 (n = 70). Validity was analysed (n = 124) as baseline correlations with QoL, self-care, self-efficacy, clinical data and psychosocial variables. Sensitivity to change was analysed in terms of effect size for patients who had improved between baseline and week 12 (n = 48). The study was carried out with 124 patients with a diagnosis of heart failure. Cronbach's alpha was high, at >0.9, and the interclass correlation coefficient was low, at 0.47. PELC questionnaire scores showed differences depending on New York Heart Association functional class (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0233338