Clinical trial NCT05420688: The Turkish Validity-Reliability Study of the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale-Caregivers Version
Official title: The Turkish Validity-Reliability Study of the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale-Caregivers Version (AKYÖDÖ-BV)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Heart Failure
Self Care
Keywords: Heart Failure
Validity and Reliability
Self Care
Lead sponsor: Harran University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-06-15
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients with Heart Failure

Brief summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate the translation, cross-cultural fit, and psychometric properties of the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Questionnaire for Caregivers.

Detailed description: This research will be of descriptive type. The population of the study will be heart failure patients who applied to the University Hospital Cardiology clinic and polyclinic. The sample of the study will consist of patients who meet the research criteria and agree to participate in the study. The data collection tools of the study are the patient questionnaire (17 questions), the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale for Caregivers (9 questions) and the Caregiver Contribution Scale in Heart Failure Self-Care, which was conducted by the researchers by scanning the literature.

English Turkish translations will be made before starting the research. Afterwards, expert opinion will be taken for the suitability of the scale items. Then, the Turkish scale items will be translated back into English and the linguist's opinion will be taken that the scale can be applied. Language and content validity will be done for the scale form. The scale items will be translated into Turkish and expert opinions will be taken. Then, the Turkish scale items will be translated back into English and the linguist's opinion will be taken that the scale can be applied. Language validity and content validity will be done in the study. Explanatory Factor Analysis will be applied for the validity of the questionnaire. Kaiser Meyer Olkin(KMO) Test, which measures the adequacy of sample size as antecedent tests, and Bartlett's Test For Sphericity will be used to test sphericity. Factor Analysis Principal Component Analysis Method will be applied.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* be over 18
* To be a caregiver for patients with heart failure for at least 1 year.
* Volunteer to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having communication problems and mental problems.
* be under the age of 18.
* Receiving hemodialysis treatment for less than 6 months.

Primary outcomes:
measure: European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale for Caregivers
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Scale of Caregiver Contribution in Heart Failure Self-Care
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Şanlıurfa
country: Turkey
facility: Harran University
state: Türki̇ye
Study officials:
affiliation: Harran Üniversitesi
name: İbrahim C Di̇ki̇ci̇, MSc
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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