Open AccessDevelopment and Psychometric Testing of the Supportive Care Needs Scale for Patients with Tuberculosis (SCN-TB)
Author(s) -
Jing Ren,
Dongfang Han,
Jingjun Zhang,
Yingli Wang,
Qiaoqiao Huang,
Tian Tian,
Xiaomei Li
Publication year - 2021
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.s330225
Subject(s) - medicine , exploratory factor analysis , confirmatory factor analysis , cronbach's alpha , tuberculosis , scale (ratio) , convergent validity , content validity , clinical psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , discriminant validity , structural equation modeling , delphi method , psychometrics , statistics , pathology , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , internal consistency
Patients affected by tuberculosis have diverse unmet supportive care needs (SCN) that may seriously affect their treatment adherence. Accurately assessing patients' SCN is important for providing efficient patient-centred care, but few instruments are suitable for use in clinical practice. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop an SCN scale for patients with tuberculosis (SCN-TB) and to evaluate its psychometrical properties.