ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2018
Rasch analysis of the Herth Hope Index in cancer patients.
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Pro-self - a Nursing Intervention to Support and Educate Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers so That the Patient Can Stay Home
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Factor Structure and Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of the Tangney's Brief Self-Control Scale in Chinese Adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Discussing Prognosis with Empathy to Cancer Patients.Current oncology reports · 2021Review
- Effect of high-quality nursing on negative emotions and hope levels of patients undergoing oral and maxillofacial surgery.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- The Factor Structure and Rasch Analysis of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) Among Chinese Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Hope and Distress Are Not Associated With the Brain Tumor Stage.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Rasch Analysis of Work-Family Conflict Scale Among Chinese Prison Police.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Herth Hope Index in Kinyarwanda: adapting a positive psychosocial tool for healthcare recipients and providers in the Rwandan setting.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Article
- The perceived severity of a disease and the impact of the vocabulary used to convey information: using Rasch scaling in a simulated oncological scenario.Patient preference and adherence · 2018Article
- Herth Hope Index: A Psychometric Evaluation Study within a Sample of Greek Patients with Cancer.Indian journal of palliative careArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe concept of hope has been measured using the Herth Hope Index (HHI) in different samples, but varying factor structures comprising different items from the HHI have been reported. Therefore, further testing with regard to the dimensionality of the instrument is recommended. Rasch modeling can be used to evaluate validity evidence of an instrument's underlying structure, to identify items with poor fit to the rest of the scale, and to identify items that perform inconsistently across groups. The aim of this study was to assess the HHI's psychometric properties in a sample of cancer patients using a Rasch model. Adult oncology outpatients (n = 167) with pain from bone metastasis were included, and medical records were reviewed for disease and treatment information. Patients completed the 12-item HHI, which measures various dimensions of hope using a 4-point Likert scale that ranges from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). The internal scale validity, person response validity, unidimensionality, and uniform differential item functioning were evaluated by applying a Rasch rating scale model.
resultsFive (42%) of the twelve items (#3, #4, #5, #6 and #7) did not meet the criterion set for item goodness-of-fit. After removing these 5 items, the resulting 7-item scale demonstrated acceptable item fit to the model, acceptable unidimensionality (52.6% of the variance explained), acceptable person goodness-of-fit, adequate separation, and no differential item function.
conclusionA 7-item version of the HHI had better psychometric properties than the original 12-item version among patients with cancer-related pain.
trial registrationThe protocol ID is 158,707/V10 and it was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT00760305 . Registered September 25, 2008.
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