Development and psychometric testing of a theory-based tool to measure self-care in diabetes patients: the Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory

Development and psychometric testing of a theory-based tool to measure self-care in diabetes patients: the Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory

Abstract Background Self-care is essential for patients with diabetes mellitus. Both clinicians and researchers must be able to assess the quality of that self-care. Available tools have various limitations and none are theoretically based. The aims of this study were to develop and to test the psyc...

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Main Authors: Davide Ausili, Claudio Barbaranelli, Emanuela Rossi, Paola Rebora, Diletta Fabrizi, Chiara Coghi, Michela Luciani, Ercole Vellone, Stefania Di Mauro, Barbara Riegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
Subjects:
Self-care
Self-efficacy
Diabetes mellitus
Psychometric testing
Middle range theory
Chronic disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-017-0218-y

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