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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.
Sec. Family Medicine and Primary Care
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1423948

Transcultural Adaptation and Theorical Models Validation of the Spanish version of the Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (SCODI)

Provisionally accepted
Jesus Martinez Jesus Martinez 1Davide Ausili Davide Ausili 2Nelia Soto Ruiz Nelia Soto Ruiz 3Ivan Santolalla Arnedo Ivan Santolalla Arnedo 1*Angela Durante Angela Durante 4Marco Di Nitto Marco Di Nitto 5Yuliia Lysanets Yuliia Lysanets 6Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández 1Clara I. Tejada-Garrido Clara I. Tejada-Garrido 1Mercedes Sánchez-Barba Mercedes Sánchez-Barba 7Vicente Antonio Gea- Caballero Vicente Antonio Gea- Caballero 8Raúl Juárez-Vela Raúl Juárez-Vela 1
  • 1 Grupac Research Group. Deparment of Nursing. University of La Rioja., Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
  • 2 Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
  • 3 Public University of Navarre, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
  • 4 Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
  • 5 University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
  • 6 Poltava State Medical University, Poltava, Ukraine
  • 7 Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
  • 8 Valencia International University, Valencia, Spain

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    Background. For patients with diabetes mellitus, self-care is crucial because it prevents complications and helps preserve quality of life. Clinicians and researchers require effective tools for assessing self-care behaviors across various dimensions to identify individual needs and maximize resource allocation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Spanish version of the Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (SCODI).Methods. 218 participants with DMT1 and DMT2 who were recruited through convenience sampling from a university hospital participated in our cross-sectional study. After translation and cultural adaptation, the enrolled patients answered the questions. We performed an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on each of the SCODI scales and Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed using our models which appropriate fit indices.Results. The original structure of the four-dimensions tool was confirmed. The overall consistency across the four scales was assessed by Cronbach's alpha: self-care maintenance (0.766), self-care monitoring (0.790), self-care management (0.771), and self-care confidence (0.936). The model fit yielded a chi-square index of 1.028 with 773 degrees of freedom. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit, thereby affirming the reliability of the model.Conclusions. The internal consistency and reliability of the SCODI Spanish version are deemed adequate. This tool is appropriate when it is desired to evaluate the self-care practices of Spanish persons suffering from diabetes due to its good psychometric qualities.

    Keywords: Validation, diabetes self-care inventory, Diabetes Mellitus, self-care, Spain

    Received: 15 May 2024; Accepted: 30 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Martinez, Ausili, Soto Ruiz, Santolalla Arnedo, Durante, Di Nitto, Lysanets, Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Tejada-Garrido, Sánchez-Barba, Gea- Caballero and Juárez-Vela. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ivan Santolalla Arnedo, Grupac Research Group. Deparment of Nursing. University of La Rioja., Logroño, La Rioja, Spain

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