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O objetivo do estudo foi adaptar e validar o Questionnaire on Resources and Stress-Short Form (QRS-F), desenvolvido para medir o estresse de pais de crianças com transtornos do desenvolvimento (TD), criando uma versão para a população brasileira, o Questionário de Estresse para Pais de Crianças com Transtornos do Desenvolvimento (QE-PTD). Participaram do estudo 360 pais de crianças com (TD), com idade média de 32,13 anos (DP = 8,19), sendo 65,6% crianças com paralisia cerebral. Após a análise fatorial o resultado, foi o QE-PTD com 32 itens e quatro fatores (Fator I: Incapacidades da Criança; Fator II: Problemas Familiares; Fator III: Restrições Comportamentais; Fator IV: Sobrecarga Emocional). Os quatro fatores explicam 46% da variância com Kuder-Richardson 20 de 0,88 para a escala total. O QE-PTD mostrou correlações moderadas com o Questionário de Saúde Geral e com o Inventário Beck de Depressão. Os resultados mostram índices de confiabilidade e validade satisfatórios. (AU)
The aim of the study was to adapt and validate the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress-Short Form (QRS-F), developed to assess the stress of parents of children with developmental disorders (DD), creating a version for the Brazilian population, the Questionnaire of Stress for Parents of Children with Developmental Disorders (QE-PTD). Study participants were 360 parents of children with DD, with a mean age of 32.13 years (SD = 8.19), 65.6% of whom had children with cerebral palsy. Through factor analysis, the QE-PTD was found to have 32 items and four factors (Factor I: Child's Disabilities; Factor II: Family Problems; Factor III: Behavioral Restrictions; and Factor IV: Emotional Overload). The four factors explained 46% of the variance with a Kuder-Richardson formula 20 value of .88 for the total scale. The QE-PTD presented moderate correlations with the General Health Questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory. The results obtained showed satisfactory reliability and validation indices. (AU)
El objetivo del estudio fue adaptar y validar el Questionnaire on Resources and Stress-Short Form (QRS-F), creado para medir el estrés de padres de niños con trastornos del desarrollo (TD), originando una versión brasileña: el Cuestionario de Estrés para Padres de Niños con Trastornos del Desarrollo (QE-PTD). Participaron en el estudio 360 padres de niños con TD, con una edad media de 32,13 años (DS = 8,19), de los cuales 65,6% eran niños con parálisis cerebral. Tras el análisis factorial, el resultado fue el QE-PTD con 32 ítems y cuatro factores (Factor I: Discapacidades del niño; Factor II: Problemas familiares; Factor III: Restricciones conductuales; Factor IV: Sobrecarga emocional) Los cuatro factores explican el 46% de la varianza con Kuder-Richardson 20 de 0,88 para la escala total. El QE-PTD presentó correlaciones moderadas con el Cuestionario de Salud General y el Inventario de Depresión de Beck. Los resultados muestran índices de fiabilidad y validez satisfactorios. (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Adult , Young Adult , Parent-Child Relations , Stress, Psychological/psychology , Cerebral Palsy , Depression , Neurodevelopmental Disorders/psychology , Psychometrics , Brazil , Adaptation, Psychological , Reproducibility of Results , Factor Analysis, StatisticalABSTRACT
La identificación de niveles de estrés en pacientes diabéticos tiene implicancias clínicas y prácticas. En Chile no hay escalas válidas y confiables que midan estrés en pacientes diabéticos. Con el objetivo de estimar las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de estrés para diabéticos de Polonsky et al. (2005) en una muestra de pacientes diabéticos chilenos, se realizó análisis de confiabilidad, análisis factorial exploratorio y correlaciones con la escala de síntomas depresivos (CES-D) y con el marcador fisiológico hemoglobina glicosilada (HbA1c), en una muestra de 76 pacientes diabéticos tipo 2 de la ciudad de Temuco, Chile. Tras los análisis, se estimó una consistencia interna de 0.74, una estructura de 4 subfactores y evidencia de validez convergente con la escala CES-D y HbA1c. La escala de estrés para diabéticos posee propiedades psicométricas adecuadas, permite la identificación de 4 subfactores y es de fácil aplicación en el campo clínico e investigativo.
The measurement of stress levels in type 2 diabetic patients has clinical and practical meaning. In Chile, there is a lack of reliable and valid scales that allow for the right assessment of stress level among diabetic patients. The study purpose was to determine the psychometric properties of the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) in a sample of Type 2 Chilean diabetic patients. Several analyses including reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and correlations with the depressive symptoms scale (CES-D), and the HbA1c biomarker were conducted with a Type 2 diabetic sample (n= 76) from Temuco City, Chile. The results provided a reliability of 0.74, a four-factor structure, and evidence for convergent validity with both the CES-D scale and the HbA1c marker. The DDS has acceptable psychometrics properties. It allows for the assessment of 4 factors, and has as advantage to be easy to apply in both clinical and research settings.
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Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , /psychology , Stress, Psychological/diagnosis , Factor Analysis, Statistical , Stress, Psychological/psychology , Glycated Hemoglobin , Psychometrics , Reproducibility of ResultsABSTRACT
Stress is an area of research that has grown and diversified enormously since the early work of W. E. Cannon and Hans Selye. This development has been accompanied by an accelerated and renewed interest in instruments for evaluating stress and related factors. At present, the questionnaire method is the most popular for stress measurement. However, there is no consensus on how to measure stress because of the diverse scope of stress dynamic. There are many different kinds of questionnaires for measuring stress. And these questionnaires are different according to the various aspects, such as external stressors, individual's sense of control or coping, susceptibility, personality type, and subjective symptoms. Each questionnaire has its own drawbacks as a tool for measuring stress. Therefore choosing the appropriate instruments for evaluating stress objectively is a basic and crucial step for developing effective stress reduction strategies. Another important problem is that many of the questionnaires for measuring stress currently used in the field lack an appropriate cross-cultural adaptation process for the translated version and sufficient evidence of validity and reliability.
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Consensus , Surveys and Questionnaires , Reproducibility of Results , Stress, PsychologicalABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSES: Over the past three decades, numerous studies performed in Korea have reported that job stress is a determinant risk factor for chronic diseases and work disability. Every society has its own culture and occupational climate particular to their organizations, and hence experiences different occupational stress. An occupational stress measurement tool therefore needs to be developed to estimate it objectively. The purpose of this study is to develop and standardize the Korean Occupational Stress Scale (KOSS) which is considered to be unique and specific occupational stressors in Korean employees. Subjects and METHODS: Data were obtained from the National Study for Development and Standardization of Occupational Stress (NSDSOS Project: 2002-2004). A total of 12,631 employees from a nationwide sample proportional to the Korean Standard Industrial Classification and the Korean Standard Occupational Classification were administered. The KOSS was developed for 2 years (2002- 2004). In the first year, we collected 255 items from the most popular job stress measurement tools such as JCQ, ERI, NIOSH and OSI, and 44 items derived from the a qualitative study (depth interview). Fortythree items of KOSS, in the second year, were retained for use in the final version of the KOSS by using Delphi and factor analysis. Items were scored using conventional 1-2-3-4 Likert scores for the response categories. RESULTS: We developed eight subscales by using factor analysis and validation process: physical environment (3 items), job demand (8 items), insufficient job control (5 items), interpersonal conflict (4 items), job insecurity (6 items), organizational system (7 items), lack of reward (6 items), and occupational climate (4 items). Together they explained 50.0% of total variance. Internal consistency alpha scores were ranged from 0.51 to 0.82. Twenty-four items of the short form of the KOSS (KOSS-SF) were also developed to estimate job stress in the work setting. Because the levels of the subscales of occupational stress were gender dependent, gender-specific standard norms for both the 43-item full version and the 24-item short form using a quartile for the subscales of KOSS were presented. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that KOSS might be an appropriate measurement scale to estimate occupational stress of Korean employees. Further and more detailed study needs to be conducted to improve the validity of this scale.