PMID- 32405553 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220414 IS - 2405-8440 (Print) IS - 2405-8440 (Electronic) IS - 2405-8440 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 5 DP - 2020 May TI - Designing and validating the empowerment scale for the older individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ESOCOPD). PG - e03909 LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03909 [doi] LID - e03909 AB - INTRODUCTION: A standard scale to examine the empowerment status of older individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be used to assess their ability for self-care and disease management. This study aimed to design and validate the empowerment scale for the older individuals with COPD (ESOCOPD). MATERIALS & METHODS: This study was conducted in two phases with a deductive-inductive approach: a qualitative phase for designing the tool (the grounded theory study re-analysis, a review of texts and interviews) and a quantitative phase for validation of the questionnaire (face and content validity and reliability). Reliability was determined by test-retest and Spearman's correlation coefficient. RESULTS: Based on the results of the grounded theory study re-analysis and a review of texts and interviews, 47 items were designed, 14 of which were removed in the face and content validity assessment. The total Content validity index and content validity ratio of the questionnaire were found as 0.82 and 0.95, respectively.The final number of items in the scale was 33, and its dimensions included "information seeking, achieving independence, learning to live with COPD, participation in care, having critical thinking, psychosocial capacities management, and achieving goals". Intra-class correlation of questionnaire dimensions was 0.86-0.99. CONCLUSIONS: The ESOCOPD can be used by health care and treatment providers to determine the patient's ability for self-care and disease management because of its small number of items, it's validation, and reliability. CI - (c) 2020 The Authors. FAU - Khanian, Zahra Sam AU - Khanian ZS AD - Student Research Committee, Nursing Care Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. FAU - Ghaffari, Fatemeh AU - Ghaffari F AD - Nursing Care Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. FAU - Alipoor, Zahra Jannat AU - Alipoor ZJ AD - Nursing Care Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. FAU - Fotokian, Zahra AU - Fotokian Z AD - Nursing Care Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200505 PL - England TA - Heliyon JT - Heliyon JID - 101672560 PMC - PMC7210584 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease OT - Elderly people OT - Empowerment OT - Evidence-based medicine OT - Health sciences OT - Intensive care medicine OT - Internal medicine OT - Psychometric evaluation OT - Respiratory system OT - Scale EDAT- 2020/05/15 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/15 06:01 PMCR- 2020/05/05 CRDT- 2020/05/15 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/05/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/05/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/15 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2405-8440(20)30754-4 [pii] AID - e03909 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03909 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Heliyon. 2020 May 5;6(5):e03909. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03909. eCollection 2020 May.