Open AccessThe Negative Emotions Due to Chronic Illness Screening Test (NECIS): Construct Validity in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease in Mainland China
Author(s) -
Zi Chen,
Jia-Li Zhou,
Wei Liu,
Huidan Yu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s232935
Subject(s) - construct validity , discriminant validity , mainland china , confirmatory factor analysis , construct (python library) , medicine , convergent validity , coronary artery disease , predictive validity , content validity , exploratory factor analysis , criterion validity , clinical psychology , psychology , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , psychiatry , china , statistics , mathematics , political science , law , computer science , internal consistency , programming language
Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) are susceptible to the negative emotion and its adverse influence on the disease prognosis. It is of great necessity to have a simple measurement to timely assess negative emotions in patients with CAD. The Negative Emotions due to Chronic Illness Screening Test (NECIS) is a newly developed tool to measure negative emotions. However, the construct validity has not been established yet. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to test the construct validity of the NECIS in individuals with CAD in mainland China.