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The summary of diabetes self-care activities measure: results from 7 studies and a revised scale.

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Toobert, D J, Hampson, S E, Glasgow, R E·2000·Diabetes Care

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OBJECTIVE: To review reliability, validity, and normative data from 7 different studies, involving a total of 1,988 people with diabetes, and provide a revised version of the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) measure. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The SDSCA measure is a brief self-report questionnaire of diabetes self-management that includes items assessing the following aspects of the diabetes regimen: general diet, specific diet, exercise, blood-glucose testing, foot care, and smoking. Normative data (means and SD), inter-item and test-retest reliability, correlations between the SDSCA subscales and a range of criterion measures, and sensitivity to change scores are presented for the 7 different studies (5 randomized interventions and 2 observational studies). RESULTS: Participants were typically older patients, having type 2 diabetes for a number of years, with a slight preponderance of women. The average inter-item correlations within scales were high (mean = 0.47), with the exception of specific diet; test-retest correlations were moderate (mean = 0.40). Correlations with other measures of diet and exercise generally supported the validity of the SDSCA subscales (mean = 0.23). CONCLUSIONS: There are numerous benefits from standardization of measures across studies. The SDSCA questionnaire is a brief yet reliable and valid self-report measure of diabetes self-management that is useful both for research and practice. The revised version and its scoring are presented, and the inclusion of this measure in studies of diabetes self-management is recommended when appropriate.

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  1. [3]3. Bradley C (Ed.): Handbook of Psychology and Diabetes. Chur, Switzerland, Harwood Academic, 1994, p. 351-375
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Authors
Toobert, D. J., Hampson, S. E., & Glasgow, R. E.
Affiliations
Oregon Research Institute (US)
Venue
Diabetes Care
Published
2000-07-01
Volume
23
Issue
7
Pages
943-950
ISSN
  • 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-5548
OpenAlex
W2125070970
Cited by
2,561
References
43
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FWCI
4.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
public-domain
Locations
  • Diabetes Care (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK 35524, DK20579)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
  • Social Sciences › Education › Health Education and Validation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
diabetes self-care, diabetes self-management, Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities, scale validation, reliability statistics, reference values, type 2 diabetes, diet, physical activity, blood glucose monitoring, foot care, smoking, sensitivity to change, questionnaire revision
MeSH terms
Aged, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diet, Diabetic, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Care, Smoking, Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring, Reproducibility of Results, Exercise, Diabetic Foot

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