Development and testing of the European XXXX Self-Care Behaviour Scale.

@entity1 @entity712
BACKGROUND: Improvement of self-care behaviour is an aim of several non-pharmacological nurse-led management programmes for @entity1 with @entity712 . These programmes are often evaluated based on their effects on readmission, costs and quality of life. It is, however, also important to know how @entity1 changed their self-care behaviour as a result of such a programme. Therefore a comprehensive, reliable and valid measure of the self-care behaviour of HF @entity1 is needed. OBJECTIVES: To develop a scale measuring the behaviour that @entity712 @entity1 perform to maintain life, healthy functioning, and well-being. METHOD: The European @entity712 Self-Care Behaviour Scale (EHFScBS) was developed in three phases: (1) concept analysis and first construction; (2) revision of items and response and scoring format; and (3) testing of the new scale for validity and reliability. RESULTS: The European @entity712 Self-Care Behaviour Scale is a 12-item, self-administered questionnaire that covers items concerning self-care behaviour of @entity1 with @entity712 . Face-validity and concurrent validity was established and the internal consistency of the scale was tested using pooled data of 442 @entity1 from two centres in Sweden, three in the Netherlands and one in Italy. Cronbachs's alpha was 0.81. CONCLUSION: The instrument is a valid, reliable and practical scale to measure the self-reported self-care behaviour of @entity712 @entity1 . It is ready to use by investigators evaluating the outcome of @entity712 management programmes that target changes in @entity1 ' self-care practices.
