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An empirically derived short form of the Hypoglycaemia Fear Survey II
Author(s) -
Grabman J.,
Vajda Bailey K.,
Schmidt K.,
Cariou B.,
Vaur L.,
Madani S.,
Cox D.,
GonderFrederick L.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/dme.13162
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , reliability (semiconductor) , scale (ratio) , type 1 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , sample (material) , type 2 diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , clinical psychology , endocrinology , chromatography , quantum mechanics , power (physics) , chemistry , physics
Aims To develop an empirically derived short version of the Hypoglycaemia Fear Survey II that still accurately measures fear of hypoglycaemia. Methods Item response theory methods were used to generate an 11‐item version of the Hypoglycaemia Fear Survey from a sample of 487 people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Subsequently, this scale was tested on a sample of 2718 people with Type 1 or insulin‐treated Type 2 diabetes taking part in DIALOG , a large observational prospective study of hypoglycaemia in France. Results The short form of the Hypoglycaemia Fear Survey II matched the factor structure of the long form for respondents with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, while maintaining adequate internal reliability on the total scale and all three subscales. The two forms were highly correlated on both the total scale and each subscale (Pearson's R > 0.89). Conclusions The short form of the Hypoglycaemia Fear Survey II is an important first step in more efficiently measuring fear of hypoglycaemia. Future prospective studies are needed for further validity testing and exploring the survey's applicability to different populations.