January 1, 2009

The European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale Revised into a Nine-Item Scale (EHFScB-9): A Reliable and Valid International Instrument

Structured PICO

Is the nine-item EHFScB-9 scale a reliable and valid instrument to measure heart failure-related self-care behaviour?

Population

Patients with heart failure

Intervention

Nine-item European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale (EHFScB-9)

Outcome

Internal consistency and validity of the EHFScB-9 scalepatient reported

The EHFScB-9 provides a reliable and valid 9-item tool for assessing self-care behavior in patients with heart failure.

Abstract

The 12-item EHFScB scale was revised into the nine-item EHFScB-9, which can be used as an internally consistent and valid instrument to measure HF-related self-care behaviour.

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