Development of the Chinese version stroke self-efficacy questionnaire / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To translate the English version of the stroke self-efficacy questionnaire (SSEQ) into Chinese,and to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of SSEQ.Methods The reliability and validity of the Chinese version of SSEQ were tested among 300 stroke patients in Jinzhou city.Data were analyzed by SPSS 17.0 software and AMOS 17.0 software.Results The Cronbach's α was 0.972,the test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.806,the correlations between items and total scale ranged from 0.729 to 0.831 (P＜0.01).A two-factor model was got by exploratory factor analysis,the communalities of the items was 0.672 to 0.929,and the cunulative explained variance was 82.687 percent.The confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good model fit,and the fit indices were x2/df =1.740,GFI =0.918,AGFI =0.853,RMSEA =0.070,NFI =0.965,CFI =0.985,standardized regression weights was 0.701 to 0.984.Conclusion The Chinese version of the SSEQ is proved to be reliable and valid.It can be used to assess the self-efficacy of stroke patients in china.