Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown.
Health Qual Life Outcomes
; 19(1): 1, 2021 Jan 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1004336
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In a context where there is no treatment for the current COVID-19 virus, the combination of self-care behaviours together with confinement, are strategies to decrease the risk of contagion and remain healthy. However, there are no self-care measures to screen self-care activities in general population and which, could be briefly in a lockdown situation. This research aims to build and validate a psychometric tool to screen self-care activities in general population.METHODS:
Firstly, an exploratory factor analysis was performed in a sample of 226 participants to discover the underlying factorial structure and to reduce the number of items in the original tool into a significant pool of items related to self-care. Later a confirmatory factor analyses were performed in a new sample of 261 participants to test for the fit and goodness of factor solutions. Internal validity, reliability, and convergent validity between its score with perceived stress and psychological well-being measures were examined on this sample.RESULTS:
The exploratory analyses suggested a four-factor solution, corresponding to health consciousness, nutrition and physical activity, sleep, and intra-personal and inter-personal coping skills (14 items). Then, the four-factor structure was confirmed as the best model fit for self-care activities. The tool demonstrated good reliability, predictive validity of individuals' perception of coping with COVID-19 lockdown, and convergent validity with well-being and perceived stress.CONCLUSIONS:
This screening tool could be helpful to address future evaluations and interventions to promote healthy behaviours. Likewise, this tool can be targeted to specific population self-care's needs during a scalable situation.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Self Care
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Adaptation, Psychological
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Qual Life Outcomes
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12955-020-01607-6
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