Herth Hope Index: A Psychometric Evaluation Study within a Sample of Greek Patients with Cancer
| Autor: | Kyriaki Mystakidou, Sotiria Kostopoulou, Efi Parpa, Constantin Psarros, Anastasios Tentolouris, Eleni Tsilika, Mantoudi Alexandra, Maria Nikoloudi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Palliative care
Performance status Intraclass correlation business.industry Depression Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Anxiety Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Hope Cronbach's alpha Convergent validity Beck Hopelessness Scale Medicine Original Article business Reliability (statistics) Clinical psychology Cancer |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Palliative Care |
| ISSN: | 0973-1075 |
| Popis: | Objectives: This study aims to develop the Greek version of the Herth Hope Index (HHI) and assess its psychometric properties to a palliative care patient sample, using a cross-sectional design. Materials and Methods: The HHI was translated into Greek (HHI-Gr) using the ‘forward-backward’ procedure. It was administered to 130 eligible cancer patients, while for the stability of patients’ responses, 40 of these patients completed the HHI-Gr 3 days later. Along with the HHI-Gr, patients also completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). The HHI-Gr internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s a), stability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]), factor structure (factor analysis) and convergent validity (correlation with the HADS and the BHS questionnaires) were examined using the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status. Results: The HHI-Gr yielded a one-factor model and a Cronbach alpha (0.860) with excellent internal consistency reliability and stability ICC (>0.90). Satisfactory convergent validity was supported by the correlation analysis between the HHI-Gr and BHS (r = 0.718, P < 0.001). Overall test-retest reliability was satisfactory with a range between 0.77 and 0.96 (P < 0.001). Conclusion: These results demonstrate that the HHI-Gr is an instrument with satisfactory psychometric properties and is a valid research tool for the measurement of the levels of hope among Greek oncology patients. |
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