Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown.

Autor: Martínez M; School of Education and Psychology, University of Navarra, Campus Universitario, 31009, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.; Institute of Health Research of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain., Luis EO; School of Education and Psychology, University of Navarra, Campus Universitario, 31009, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. eoswaldo@unav.es.; Institute of Health Research of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain. eoswaldo@unav.es., Oliveros EY; School of Psychology, University of San Buenaventura, Bogotá, Colombia., Fernández-Berrocal P; Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain., Sarrionandia A; Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain., Vidaurreta M; School of Nursing, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain., Bermejo-Martins E; Institute of Health Research of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain.; School of Nursing, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Health and quality of life outcomes [Health Qual Life Outcomes] 2021 Jan 02; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 1. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 02.
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01607-6
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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