Key result
Thai Cardiac Distress Inventory confirms strong validity and reliability for assessing cardiac distress.
Why the study?
Cardiac distress is common, yet minimal support is available for nurse assessment of patients.
Cross-Sectional (n=250)
No
The Thai version of the Cardiac Distress Inventory (CDI-Thai) is a valid and reliable multidimensional tool for assessing psychological distress in Thai patients following an acute cardiac event.
May support distress assessment in Thai cardiac patients; leaves open prospective outcome validation.
Cardiac distress is common, yet minimal support is available for nurse assessment of patients. We translated the Cardiac Distress Inventory (CDI) into Thai (CDI-Thai) and evaluated its psychometric properties. This was a cross-sectional study of 250 adults who experienced an acute cardiac event in the past year in southern Thailand. The CDI was translated into Thai using forward-backward translation and expert review. The CDI-Thai achieved translation equivalence to the original version. An eight-factor structure was confirmed by factor analysis, with excellent fit. The CDI-Thai was shown to be culturally relevant and psychometrically robust as a measure of cardiac distress.
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Srisuk et al. (2026) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiac distress following an acute cardiac event (n=250). Cardiac Distress Inventory (CDI-Thai) was evaluated on Construct validity via confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency. The Thai version of the Cardiac Distress Inventory demonstrated excellent fit for an eight-factor structure and strong reliability, confirming it as a valid measure of cardiac distress.
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