J Korean Acad Fundam Nurs.  2017 Nov;24(4):296-303. 10.7739/jkafn.2017.24.4.296.

Reliability and Validity of Korean version of Diabetes Empowerment Scale Short Form

• Park K
• Lee H
• Lee Y
• Cho J
• Kim B
• Song Y

• KMID: 2400928
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7739/jkafn.2017.24.4.296

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of Diabetes Empowerment Measurement Scale Short Form (DES-SF) for use with diabetic patients in Korea.
METHODS
A cross-sectional descriptive study was used with 107 participants. Bilingual nursing professionals performed translation and reverse translation. Reliability and validity such as face validity, construct validity, and concurrent validity were conducted. To assess the concurrent validity, the correlation coefficients between the Korean version of the DES-SF and a concurrent scale (Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale, DSES) were calculated.
RESULTS
In the explanatory factor analysis, a uni-dimension was proposed, the one factor accounted for 49.4% of total variances. The Korean version of the DES-SF correlated with a concurrent variable such DSES for reliability of the Korean version of the DES-SF, Cronbach's α=.85.
CONCLUSION
The findings show that the Korean version of the DES-SF is reliable and valid for evaluating empowerment in patients with diabetes in Korea.

Keyword

Diabetes; Empowerment; Reliability and validity

MeSH Terms

Humans
Korea
Nursing
Power (Psychology)*
Reproducibility of Results*