Development and Psychometric Validation of an Instrument to Identify Barriers to Self-Care Among Spanish Patients With Type 2 Diabetes on the Basis of Theory of Planned Behavior

• Published in: Value in health 2019-09, Vol.22 (9), p.1033-1041
• Main Authors: Caro-Bautista, Jorge, RN, PhD, Espinar-Toledo, Milagrosa, RN, MPH, Villa-Estrada, Francisca, RN, PhD, Lupiáñez-Pérez, Inmaculada, RN, PhD, Kaknani-Uttumchandani, Shakira, RN, PhD, García-Mayor, Silvia, RN, PhD, Salas-Samper, Felipe, RN, Morales-Asencio, José-Miguel, RN, PhD
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Adequacy; Aged; Barriers; Basis; Belonging; Comorbidity; Confidence intervals; Confirmatory factor analysis; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - psychology; Diabetics; Disease management; Factor analysis; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health services; Humans; instrument development; Intention; Internal Medicine; Lifestyles; Male; Metabolic control; Middle Aged; Patients; Perceived control; Pilot Projects; Primary care; psychometric validation; Psychometrics; Public health; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Self care; Self Care - psychology; Socioeconomic Factors; Spain; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; Test-Retest reliability; Theory of planned behavior; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Validity
• ISSN: 1098-3015; 1524-4733
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2019.04.1921

AbstractBackgroundSeveral instruments are available to evaluate barriers to self-care in people with type 2 diabetes, but with significant psychometric weaknesses and poor theoretical background. ObjectivesTo develop and psychometrically validate a questionnaire to identify barriers to self-care in this population on the basis of the theory of planned behavior. MethodsThe study was carried out in 15 primary healthcare centers belonging to the Public Health Care System in Andalusia (Spain). After content validity was confirmed, an initial pilot study was undertaken (n = 54) and the model was evaluated in 2 samples of 205 subjects each to test its configural and metric invariance by confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, criterion validity, and interpretability were carried out following COSMIN standards. ResultsA 4-factor instrument (intention, subjective norms, perceived control, and attitudes) with 15 items was obtained with a good fit: goodness-of-fit index = 0.92, comparative fit index = 0.93, and root mean square error of approximation = 0.043 (90% confidence interval 0.034-0.052). Cronbach α was 0.78, and test-retest reliability was adequate (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.73; P < .0001). The instrument revealed an adequate criterion validity depending on the treatment complexity and level of metabolic control. Thus, participants with poor self-care scores were more likely to suffer from diabetes-related complications (odds ratio 1.91; 95% confidence interval 1.15-3.1). ConclusionsA theory-driven instrument is suitable for its use with Spanish people with type 2 diabetes to assess their self-care needs and make tailored recommendations for lifestyle modifications on the basis of their behavioral determinants.