https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/347778
Title: | Development of a Chinese chronic illness-related stress inventory for primary care | Authors: | Leung, Kai-Kuen BEE-HORNG LUE Tang, Li-Yu Wu, En-Chang |
Keywords: | Chronic illness; Construct validity; Instrument; Primary care; Reliability; Stress | Issue Date: | 1999 | Journal Volume: | 46 | Journal Issue: | 6 | Start page/Pages: | 557-568 | Source: | Journal of Psychosomatic Research | Abstract: | This study evaluates the construct validity and internal consistency of a Chronic Illness-Related Stress Inventory (CRSI) for primary care Chinese patients and studies the relationship between chronic illness-related stress and sociodemographic characteristics and indices of disease severity. A total of 301 patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The responses to the CRSI were divided into a frequency scale and a severity scale. Six factors including physical integrity and discomfort, psychosocial function and economic burdens, self-fulfillment and daily life, sexual function, self-esteem, and diet limitations were obtained for each CRSI scale. Except for the last factor, all other factors and the scale as a whole for both scales have a Cronbach α of >0.90. The results of the convergent and discriminant validity analysis were promising. In addition, chronic illness-related stress was related to insurance status and the self-perceived severity of disease. |
URI: | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033150504&partnerID=MN8TOARS http://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/347778 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0022-3999(98)00082-8 | SDG/Keyword: | adult; aged; article; Chinese; chronic disease; disease severity; economic aspect; evaluation; factorial analysis; female; human; instrument; major clinical study; male; primary medical care; reliability; self esteem; sexual function; social psychology; stress |
Appears in Collections: | 醫學系 |
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