Validation and reliability of the Bahasa Malaysia language version of the Acceptance of Illness Scale among Malaysian patients with cancer.

Autor: Leong WC; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.; Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Putrajaya, Malaysia., Azmi NA; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Wee LH; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Rajah HDA; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Chan CMH; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2021 Sep 29; Vol. 16 (9), pp. e0256216. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 29 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256216
Abstrakt: Cancer is a life-threatening disease, and the challenges in accepting the diagnosis can bring a devastating emotional impact on the patient's mental and psychological wellbeing. Issues related to illness acceptance among cancer patients are not well studied in Malaysia. To date, the Acceptance of Illness Scale has not been translated to the Malay language (Bahasa Malaysia) nor validated for use in the oncology setting. The objective of the study is to translate, validate and determine the reliability of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Acceptance of Illness Scale among Malaysian patients with cancer. A total of 129 patients newly diagnosed with cancer were consecutively sampled and the scale was administered via face-to-face interviews. A pilot test (n = 30) was conducted and test-retest reliability was determined. The Bartlett Test of Sphericity was statistically significantly (p<0.001), while the Kaiser-Mayer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy was adequate at 0.84. Scale item mean scores ranged between 3.02 and 4.33, while the item-total correlation ranged between 0.50 to 0.66 (p<0.05). The internal reliability coefficient was 0.84. The test-retest reliability indicated a high correlation, r = 0.94 with p = 0.001. The Bahasa Malaysia version of the Acceptance of Illness Scale is a valid and reliable instrument that is appropriate for use in Malaysian patients with cancer. Use of this scale to assess illness acceptance among the Malay-speaking patients with cancer can act as a guide for delivery of psycho-oncological services to help patients have a better mental wellbeing and life adjustment in living with cancer.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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