ArticleActa Cardiologica Sinica2014
Establishment of a Weight Management Scale for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
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- Fluid management among outpatients with chronic heart failure: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Multivariate analysis of body mass index management capabilities in senior patients with chronic heart failure in China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and predictors of poor self-care behaviors in patients with chronic heart failure.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Weight Management Belief is the Leading Influential Factor of Weight Monitoring Compliance in Congestive Heart Failure Patients.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to develop a rating scale for the weight management of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF).
methodsThe original pool of items was created through in-depth interviews and a literature review. Scale validity was analyzed based on face validity, content validity, and structure validity. The content validity and structure validity were evaluated. The overall internal consistency reliability were assessed by using Cronbach's alpha and retest reliability test.
resultsA total of 190 CHF patients were enrolled but 5 refused. The original 19 items were then refined to a scale of 16 items. The final scale included four factors (weight monitoring, knowledge, confidence, and behaviours related to weight management), which accounted for 58.7% of the variance. Content validity ratio on the content validity was 0.88. The Cronbach's alpha was 0.843 and the retest reliability was 0.833.
conclusionsThe Chinese CHF-related weight management scale developed has high reliability and validity. KEY WORDS: Congestive heart failure; Reliability; Scale; Validity; Weight management.
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