Reliability and validity of Chinese version of Diabetes Continuity of Care Scale / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To translate the English version of Diabetes Continuity of Care Scale (DCCS) into Chinese and to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of DCCS in diabetes mellitus patients.Methods Totally 245 patients with diabetes mellitus were recruited and were investigated by the Chinese version of DCCS.Results The internal consistency coefficient of the Chinese version of DCCS ranged from 0.728 to 0.942,which was ＞0.70;split half coefficient r=0.784,and the test-retest was 0.864 while which of each dimension ranged from 0.785 to 0.886.The content validity index was 0.934.Factor analysis got five factors,which explained 76.574％ of the total variance;the factor loading of each item was ＞0.4.Conclusions The Chinese version of DCCS has been proved to be reliable and valid.It can be used as a valid tool for the measurement of continuity of care in patients with diabetes mellitus.