PMID- 28881450
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190813
LR  - 20190813
IS  - 1471-6712 (Electronic)
IS  - 0283-9318 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 2
DP  - 2018 Jun
TI  - Translation and field testing of the family functioning, family health and social 
      support questionnaire in Danish outpatients with heart failure.
PG  - 554-566
LID - 10.1111/scs.12479 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Valid and reliable instruments to assess family functioning, health 
      and social support in families with heart failure constitute a cornerstone in the 
      detection of the families' needs, in improving their functioning and in 
      evaluating the effects of nursing interventions. AIM: To translate the three 
      scales of the Family Functioning, Family Health and Social Support (FAFHES) 
      questionnaire from Finnish into Danish, to test validity and reliability of the 
      Danish version among outpatients with heart failure and to add to previous 
      studies by reconstructing scales using confirmatory factor analysis. METHODS: A 
      cross-sectional design was used to study a sample of 330 patients with heart 
      failure who completed the FAFHES. The validity (dimensionality) and reliability 
      (internal consistency and test-retest) were assessed for each of the three 
      scales. The scales were constructed using confirmatory factor analysis. RESULTS: 
      Patients were primarily men (76%) with a mean age of 66.5 (SD 12.5), categorised 
      as New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification II (80%) and NYHA III (20%) 
      for clinical severity of symptoms. In all three modified scales, construct 
      validity was supported by the analysis. There were strong correlations within the 
      factors, with Cronbach's alpha ranging from 0.73 to 0.95 across the three scales, 
      and significant, though weak, correlations between most of the factors. None of 
      the revised scales showed good model fit according to the goodness-of-fit indices 
      used. The test-retest showed interclass correlation coefficients ranging between 
      0.69 and 0.86, indicating acceptable test-retest reliability. CONCLUSION: The 
      Danish version of the FAFHES is an instrument that can be used to measure family 
      functioning, family health and social support from the perspective of the patient 
      with heart failure. Further testing is recommended.
CI  - (c) 2017 Nordic College of Caring Science.
FAU - Ostergaard, Birte
AU  - Ostergaard B
AD  - Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
AD  - OPEN, Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, 
      Odense, Denmark.
FAU - Pedersen, Karen Steenvinkel
AU  - Pedersen KS
AD  - Department of Nursing Education, University College Lillebaelt, Odense, Denmark.
FAU - Lauridsen, Jorgen
AU  - Lauridsen J
AD  - COHERE, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, 
      Odense, Denmark.
FAU - Norgaard, Birgitte
AU  - Norgaard B
AD  - Research Unit of User Perspectives, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 
      Denmark.
FAU - Jeune, Bernard
AU  - Jeune B
AD  - Research Unit of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, University of 
      Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
LA  - eng
GR  - 2010B112/The Health Foundation/
GR  - 10-04-R79-A2785-22575/The Danish Heart Foundation/
GR  - date 2010.11.11/The Novo Nordisk Foundation/
GR  - 2-41-4-00064-2009/Odense University Hospital/
GR  - 2010.05.31/Master Carpenter Alfred Andersen and Wife's Foundation/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170907
PL  - Sweden
TA  - Scand J Caring Sci
JT  - Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
JID - 8804206
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Denmark
MH  - *Family Health
MH  - Family Relations/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Finland
MH  - Heart Failure/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Outpatients/*psychology
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - *Social Support
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
MH  - Translations
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - family functioning
OT  - family health
OT  - heart failure
OT  - psychometrics
OT  - questionnaire
OT  - social support
EDAT- 2017/09/08 06:00
MHDA- 2019/08/14 06:00
CRDT- 2017/09/08 06:00
PHST- 2017/03/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/04/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/09/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/08/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/09/08 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/scs.12479 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Scand J Caring Sci. 2018 Jun;32(2):554-566. doi: 10.1111/scs.12479. Epub 2017 Sep 
      7.