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Aim: The psychometric properties of the 10-item Self-Care Self-Efficacy scale have not yet been established in the Korean language. This study aimed to evaluate its validity and reliability among Korean patients with heart failure (HF).
Methods: A total of 159 patients with HF participated (mean age: 65.40 ± 9.62 years; 60.1% male). Construct validity was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. Criterion validity was examined by assessing the correlation of self-efficacy with HF symptom status and physical function and by comparing self-efficacy levels across the New York Heart Association classes. Reliability was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's omega and factor determinacy.
Results: Confirmatory factor analysis fit indices were as follows: comparative fit index = 0.977, Tucker-Lewis index = 0.966, standardised root mean square residual = 0.041 and root mean square error of approximation = 0.065 (90% CI = 0.038-0.090). Criterion validity was supported by significant correlations between self-efficacy and symptom status (r = -0.331, p < 0.001) and physical function (r = 0.299, p < 0.001). Self-efficacy scores were significantly higher in patients with lower New York Heart Association class (I/II) than higher class (III or IV) (F = 4.68, p = 0.011). Reliability estimates were robust: Cronbach's α = 0.913, McDonald's omega = 0.902 and factor determinacy = 0.941.
Conclusion: This study supports the validity and reliability of the Self-Care Self-Efficacy scale in Korean for assessing self-care self-efficacy among patients with HF. Clinicians should consider evaluating and enhancing patients' self-care self-efficacy to effectively manage HF symptoms, especially considering functional severity.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijn.70045 | DOI Listing |
Int Urogynecol J
September 2025
Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Türkiye.
Introduction And Hypothesis: To translate and perform cultural adaptation of the Pelvic Floor Dysfunction-SENTINEL (PFD-SENTINEL) screening tool into Turkish and to establish its reliability and validity for female athletes.
Methods: The study included 200 female athletes (mean age 22 ± 4 years). The translation of the PFD-SENTINEL, which comprised the symptoms related to PFD and item sections related to general risk factors and sports-related risk factors, was performed in accordance with international recommendations.
J Vis
September 2025
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences and Institute Brain and Behaviour Amsterdam (iBBA), Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Eye tracking has the potential to be used as a meaningful measure of the consequences of vision impairment (VI), yet a comprehensive test battery is lacking. In this study, we sought to evaluate the feasibility and validity of a test battery of eye movements as a tool to measure visual performance in individuals with VI. A test battery including fixation stability, smooth pursuit, saccades, free viewing, and visual search was administered to 46 athletes with VI and 10 control participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pers Assess
September 2025
University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
Informed by psychoanalytic, humanistic, and cybernetic perspectives on defensive functioning, the present work established the psychometric structure and initial validation of the 10-item Self-Presentational Defensiveness Scale (SPDS). Across four studies (total = 1,634), we assessed the item-level observability of the initial 20-item SPDS (Study 1), explored the psychometric structure of the initial SPDS in two separate samples (Studies 2 and 3), and established the psychometric properties of the final 10-item SPDS (Study 4), along with preliminary evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. The SPDS demonstrated (a) item content that was rated as more observable compared to other commonly used measures of defensive functioning, (b) a robust substantive self-presentational defensiveness factor, (c) measurement invariance across gender (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Refract Surg
September 2025
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy.
Purpose: To determine the accuracy of a new machine learning-based open-source IOL formula (PEARLS-DGS) in 100 patients who underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery and had a history of laser refractive surgery for myopic defects.
Methods: The setting for this retrospective study was HUMANITAS Research Hospital, Milan, Italy. Data from 100 patients with a history of photorefractive keratectomy or laser in situ keratomileusis were retrospectively analyzed to assess the accuracy of the formula.
Rhinology
September 2025
Department of Otolaryngology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
Background: Smell tests in children need to be standardized and validated, include odors familiar to children, and be defined by age-dependent standards. This study aimed to adapt the Sniffin Kids Test (SKT) for Polish children and conduct validation and evaluation of the Sniffin Kids Poland Test (SKPOL).
Methodology: The study included 382 children (4-14 years old) recruited in Poland, who were allocated into healthy (n=343) and sick (with subjective olfactory disorders, n=39), divided into 3 age subgroups, but also 13 anosmic children with Kallmann syndrome (KS) and olfactory bulb aplasia.