Psychometric Testing of the Turkish Version of the Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire.
Gulcihan Arkan, Ayse Beser, Meryem Ozturk Haney and 1 others
PMID 30747819WHAT IT FOUND
A Turkish questionnaire measured stroke outpatients' confidence in daily activities and self-care.
It generally worked well in 185 outpatients, but the self-care part was less dependable, so use scores to guide discussion, not to judge ability.
Key findings
01Eight experts rated the Turkish scale items, producing a content score of 1.00.
02In the 185 participants, all items fit the measurement model well except Item 6 in the activity subscale, and no items showed bias by gender.
03The activity subscale had a consistency score of .89 and a separation score of .93; the self-management subscale had a consistency score of .66 and a separation score of .86.
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What it does not show
It was tested only in 185 stroke outpatients from one Turkish hospital, and it excluded people who could not read or write Turkish. The self-management subscale had a consistency score of .66 and explained 37.4% of raw variance; the activity subscale had .89 and 53.1%, so self-management scores may be less dependable. Item 6 in the activity subscale did not meet the acceptable fit range. The study tested measurement properties, not the effect of using the questionnaire on care or patient outcomes.
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The authors declared no conflicts of interest. The supplied text does not state a funding source.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that raising self-efficacy improves stroke recovery. The study only tested how well the Turkish questionnaire measures confidence in Turkish stroke outpatients; it did not test a treatment or follow patient outcomes.