Research and application of diabetes self-management scale

Abstract

Scale is the basis and quality assurance of investigation research, and a rigorous process is needed to develop a scale. The establishment of the item pool is the first step, then screening these items by using Delphi expert consultation method or statistical methods to establish the scale. At last, the acceptability, validity, reliability and sensitivity of scale should be evaluated. A scale can be widely applied only if it has a good acceptability, validity, reliability and sensitivity. China National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention have developed "the Diabetes Self-management Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Assessment Scale (DSKAB)" and "the brief version of Diabetes Self-management Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Assessment Scale (DSKAB-SF) ". These scales provide a set of scientific evaluation tools to diabetes self-management of Type 2 Diabetes with excellent reliability, validity, sensitivity and acceptability.