Systematic review of the psychometric properties and theoretical grounding of instruments evaluating self‐care in people with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

There are no instruments for identifying self-care behaviours or barriers elaborated with a strong validation process. Further research should be carried out to provide patients, clinicians and researchers with valid and reliable instruments that are methodologically solid and theoretically grounded.

Systematic review of measurement properties of self‐reported instruments for evaluating self‐care in adults

“…Another systematic review was conducted on self-reported instruments assessing selfcare in patients with type 2 diabetes, which identified 16 instruments. Again, relevant methodological limitations were found by authors in all the validation studies, questioning the validity and reliability of the instruments (Caro-Bautista et al 2014). Another review identified 19 selfreported instruments developed to evaluate self-care in people with hypertension, which revealed there was no selfcare instrument rigorously evaluated for its measurement properties that covered all the behavioural domains important for people with high blood pressure (Han et al 2014).…”

Using qualitative methods in developing an instrument to identify barriers to self‐care among persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus

“…The methodology used and the results of this literature review have been presented elsewhere (Caro‐Bautista et al . ).…”

“…and the absence of a theoretical model on which to solidly develop the items that will comprise the measurement instrument (Caro‐Bautista et al . ).…”

Construction and validation of the Self-care Assessment Instrument for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

“…Systematic review studies 14 - 15 ) have highlighted the lack of instruments for the assessment of self-care behavior in people with DM2.…”