- Title
- Validity and reliability of an Emotional Thermometer tool: an exploratory cross-sectional study
- Creator
- Cheng, Cheng; Yang, Cong-Yan; Zhou, Meng; Bai, Jie; Inder, Kerry; Wai-Chi Chan, Sally
- Relation
- Contemporary Nurse Vol. 59, Issue 3, p. 227-237
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2217952
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Introduction: There are a few screening tools to detect psychological symptoms among people with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) in China. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of a translated version of the Emotional Thermometer (ET) tool. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study consisted of two phases: (1) translation and content validity testing; and (2) assessment of psychometric properties, including internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity. For the first phase, the authors used a forward-backward translation approach for the Chinese version of the instrument and tested its content validity with a panel of six experts. For the second phase, the data, including the ET tool and demographic characteristics were collected in a convenience sample of 197 Chinese people with MCCs recruited from a university hospital. The first 50 participants participated in the two-week retest. Results: The Chinese version of the ET tool had satisfactory psychometric properties; content validity index (0.83), internal consistency (0.92), and ICC (0.93 to 0.98 [p < 0.01]). Principal component analysis showed that there was only one component with an eigenvalue greater than 1 (value = 3.80), with 76.67% of the variance responding. All items loaded significantly onto this factor and demonstrated strong loadings of > 0.70. Conclusion: The Chinese-version of the ET tool is psychometrically sound. It has the potential to be used as a screening tool for psychological symptoms in Chinese people with MCCs. Impact statement: Findings from testing the Chinese translation of the Emotional Thermometer indicate this could be a convenient and useful screening tool to detect psychological symptoms in patients with multiple chronic conditions.
- Subject
- distress; mental health; multiple chronic conditions; multimorbidity; psychometrics; SDG 17; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1487267
- Identifier
- uon:52097
- Identifier
- ISSN:1037-6178
- Language
- eng
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