Instruments to assess self‐care among healthy children: A systematic review of measurement properties

Urpí-Fernández, Ana-María; Zabaleta‐del‐Olmo, Edurne; Montes-Hidalgo, Javier; Tomás–Sábado, Joaquín; Roldán-Merino, Juan-Francisco; Lluch‐Canut, Teresa

doi:10.1111/jan.13360

Cited by 15 publications

(14 citation statements)

References 41 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Several instruments have been developed to assess selfcare in many different populations, and for various health conditions, such as patients with type 2 diabetes, [21], people with hypertension [22], children [23], or general adult population [24].…”

Section: Self-care Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown

Martínez

Luis

Oliveros

et al. 2021

Health Qual Life Outcomes

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background In a context where there is no treatment for the current COVID-19 virus, the combination of self-care behaviours together with confinement, are strategies to decrease the risk of contagion and remain healthy. However, there are no self-care measures to screen self-care activities in general population and which, could be briefly in a lockdown situation. This research aims to build and validate a psychometric tool to screen self-care activities in general population. Methods Firstly, an exploratory factor analysis was performed in a sample of 226 participants to discover the underlying factorial structure and to reduce the number of items in the original tool into a significant pool of items related to self-care. Later a confirmatory factor analyses were performed in a new sample of 261 participants to test for the fit and goodness of factor solutions. Internal validity, reliability, and convergent validity between its score with perceived stress and psychological well-being measures were examined on this sample. Results The exploratory analyses suggested a four-factor solution, corresponding to health consciousness, nutrition and physical activity, sleep, and intra-personal and inter-personal coping skills (14 items). Then, the four-factor structure was confirmed as the best model fit for self-care activities. The tool demonstrated good reliability, predictive validity of individuals’ perception of coping with COVID-19 lockdown, and convergent validity with well-being and perceived stress. Conclusions This screening tool could be helpful to address future evaluations and interventions to promote healthy behaviours. Likewise, this tool can be targeted to specific population self-care’s needs during a scalable situation.

show abstract

Section: Self-care Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown

Martínez

Luis

Oliveros

et al. 2021

Health Qual Life Outcomes

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Therefore, there is no single criterion in the selection of the instruments. Nurses and researchers should decide which instrument is best for assessing on the basis of the purpose of the study, research approach (Streiner & Kottner, 2014;Urpí-Fernández et al, 2017) and evidence shown by specific measurement properties to be important for a particular condition or population (Matarese, Lommi, & De Marinis, 2017). such as measurement error and responsiveness, was found.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic review of measurement properties of instruments assessing nurses’ attitudes towards the importance of involving families in their clinical practice

Alfaro‐Díaz

Esandi

Gutiérrez-Alemán

et al. 2019

Journal of Advanced Nursing

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Aims To identify, appraise and describe the characteristics and measurement properties of instruments assessing nurses’ attitudes towards the importance of involving families in their clinical practice. Design Psychometric systematic review. Data Sources The PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were searched from their time of inception to June 2018. Review Methods Two reviewers independently assessed the eligibility of studies, extracted data, and appraised the methodological quality of the studies using the COSMIN checklist. Results A total of 19 studies representing 5 instruments were included. Two instruments—a revised version of the Families’ Importance in Nursing Care: Nurses’ Attitudes scale (FINC‐NA‐R) and the Family Nurse Practice Scale (FNPS)—obtained higher scores for most of their properties. The instruments used in the remaining eight studies require further assessment of their psychometric properties. Conclusion This psychometric review offers a synthesis of the quality of the available instruments and gives a better understanding of nursing theory‐based tools. The FNPS and FINC‐NA‐R instruments seem to be the most suitable measures of nurses’ attitudes towards the importance of involving families in their clinical practice. Impact The growing emphasis on improving nurse–family relationships and the quality of care provided makes it necessary to have valid and reliable instruments for assessing nurses’ attitudes towards the importance of involving families in their clinical practice. This paper provides evidence that will help clinicians and researchers make decisions about the most suitable instrument based on a critical appraisal and comparison of the measurement properties according to a rigorous methodology.

show abstract

“…Several instruments have been developed to assess self-care in many different populations, and for various health conditions, such as patients with type 2 diabetes, [21], people with hypertension [22], children [23], or general adult population [24].…”

Section: Self-care Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown

Martinez

Luis

Oliveros

et al. 2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background. In a context where there is no treatment for the current COVID-19 virus, the combination of self-care behaviours together with confinement, are strategies to decrease the risk of contagion and remain healthy. However, there are no self-care measures to screen self-care activities in general population and which, could be briefly in a lockdown situation. This research covers two studies aimed to build and validate a psychometric tool to screen self-care activities in general population. Methods. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis was performed in a sample of 226 participants to discover the underlying factorial structure and to reduce the number of items in the original tool into a significant pool of items related to self-care. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analyses were performed in a new sample of 261 participants to test for the fit and goodness of factor solutions. Internal validity, reliability, criterion validity, and convergent validity between its score with perceived stress and psychological well-being measures were examined on this sample. Results. In Study 1, exploratory analyses suggested a four-factor solution, corresponding to health consciousness, nutrition and physical activity, sleep, and intra-personal and inter-personal coping skills (14 items). In Study 2, the four-factor structure was confirmed as the best model fit for self-care activities. The tool demonstrated good reliability, predictive validity of individuals’ perception of coping with COVID-19 lockdown, and convergent validity with well-being and perceived stress measures. Conclusions. This screening tool could be helpful to address future evaluations and interventions to promote healthy behaviours. Likewise, this tool can be targeted to specific population self-care’s needs during a scalable situation.

show abstract

Instruments to assess self‐care among healthy children: A systematic review of measurement properties

Cited by 15 publications

References 41 publications

Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown

Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown

Systematic review of measurement properties of instruments assessing nurses’ attitudes towards the importance of involving families in their clinical practice

Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About