Abstract
The purposes of this methodological study were to adapt the European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale-9 to the French-Canadian population and to evaluate its reliability. The adaptation process consisted of translation, back-translation, evaluation by an expert committee, and pretesting. Reliability was evaluated with stability criteria (test-retest) and internal consistency. Pretesting led to testing of two response formats: 5-point Likert scale and the frequency scale. Both demonstrated good levels of agreement between the test-retest, although the values were higher with the frequency format. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranged from 0.71 to 0.78 (Likert scale) and 0.70 to 0.83 (frequency scale). The French-Canadian version of the EHFScB-9, in both formats, demonstrated good evidence of reliability.
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