Journal article
Reliability and validity of the DCP among hispanic veterans
Evaluation & the health professions, Vol.28(4), pp.447-463
12/2005
DOI: 10.1177/0163278705281077
PMID: 16272425
Abstract
The Diabetes Care Profile (DCP) was designed to measure psychosocial factors related to diabetes and its treatment. This study sought to determine the reliability and validity of the DCP in Hispanic veterans with Type 2 diabetes. Hispanic (n=81) and non-Hispanic White (n=238) patients were recruited at three southwestern VA hospitals. Scale reliabilities calculated by Cronbach's coefficient alpha revealed reliabilities ranging from .54 to .97 in Hispanics and .63 to .95 in non-Hispanic Whites. Only one scale, Monitoring Barriers, differed significantly between the two patient groups. Mean values on the DCP scales were consistent within and across ethnicities lending support for construct validity of the DCP in Hispanics. Convergent validity was also supported for DCP scales within the Hispanic patients as evidenced by correlations in expected directions with external measures.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Reliability and validity of the DCP among hispanic veterans
- Creators
- Victoria Cunningham - Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, AZ, USAM Jane MohlerChristopher S WendelRichard M HoffmanGlen H MurataJayendra H ShahWilliam C Duckworth
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Evaluation & the health professions, Vol.28(4), pp.447-463
- DOI
- 10.1177/0163278705281077
- PMID
- 16272425
- ISSN
- 0163-2787
- eISSN
- 1552-3918
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2005
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Urology; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094772102771
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