Journal article
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Adapted Dyadic Self-Care in Transplant Scale
Journal of nursing measurement
08/31/2026
DOI: 10.1891/JNM-2025-0194
PMID: 42674848
Abstract
Verification of a caregiver is required for transplant listing; however, no tool assesses how patient-caregiver dyads manage transplant care. This study adapted and validated the Dyadic Self-Care in Transplant (D-SCIT) scale.
This was a cross-sectional study of 50 lung transplant patient-caregiver dyads. Content validity was assessed through cognitive interviews, and construct validity was assessed by examining the association between dyad type and relationship mutuality.
Dyads completed the D-SCIT with ease, confirming content validity. Congruent dyads were positively correlated with the dyadic mean mutuality score (0.17) and negatively correlated with dyadic incongruence in mutuality (-0.10), demonstrating convergent validity.
This study provides preliminary validation of the D-SCIT to assess how transplant dyads engage in transplant self-care, addressing a clinical and research gap.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Psychometric Evaluation of the Adapted Dyadic Self-Care in Transplant Scale
- Creators
- Brittany Koons - Villanova UniversityRachel Lehman - Villanova UniversitySubhash Aryal - Johns Hopkins UniversityBarbara Riegel - University of PennsylvaniaHarleah Buck - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of nursing measurement
- DOI
- 10.1891/JNM-2025-0194
- PMID
- 42674848
- NLM abbreviation
- J Nurs Meas
- ISSN
- 1061-3749
- eISSN
- 1945-7049
- Publisher
- Springer Publishing
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 08/31/2026
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9985222682402771
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