title: Development of a Chinese chronic illness-related stress inventory for primary care.
abstract: This study evaluates the construct validity and internal consistency of a Chronic Illness-Related Stress Inventory (CRSI) for primary care Chinese patients and studies the relationship between chronic illness-related stress and sociodemographic characteristics and indices of disease severity. A total of 301 patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The responses to the CRSI were divided into a frequency scale and a severity scale. Six factors including physical integrity and discomfort, psychosocial function and economic burdens, self-fulfillment and daily life, sexual function, self-esteem, and diet limitations were obtained for each CRSI scale. Except for the last factor, all other factors and the scale as a whole for both scales have a Cronbach alpha of > 0.90. The results of the convergent and discriminant validity analysis were promising. In addition, chronic illness-related stress was related to insurance status and the self-perceived severity of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC. kkleung@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lue
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires