The reliability of the diabetes care profile for African Americans

被引：50

作者：

Fitzgerald, JT ^{[1
]}

Anderson, RM

Gruppen, LD

Davis, WK

Aman, LC

Jacober, SJ

Grunberger, G

机构：

[1] Univ Michigan, Sch Med, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[2] Henry Ford Hlth Syst, Bingham Farms, MI USA

[3] Wayne State Univ, Sch Med, Detroit, MI USA

来源：

EVALUATION & THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS | 1998年 / 21卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1177/016327879802100103

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

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摘要：

The Diabetes Care Profile (DCP) is an instrument used to assess social and psychological factors related to diabetes and its treatment The reliability of the DCP,var established in populations consisting primarily of Caucasians with type 2 diabetes. This study tests whether the DCP is a reliable instrument for African Americans with type 2 diabetes. Both African American (n = 511) and Caucasian (n = 235) patients with type 2 diabetes were recruited at six sites located in the metropolitan Detroit area Scale reliability war calculated by Cronbach's coefficient alpha The scale reliabilities ranged from .70 to .97 for African Americans. These reliabilities were similar to those of Caucasians, whose scale reliabilities ranged from .68 to .96 The Feldt test was used to determine differences between the reliabilities of the two patient populations. No significant differences were found. The DCP is a reliable survey instrument for African American and Caucasion patients with type 2 diabetes.

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