title: Validation of the Spanish-language version of the chronic illness resources survey.
abstract: This article describes the reliability and validity of the Spanish-language version of the Chronic Illness Resources Survey (CIRS-Spanish), an instrument used to tailor and evaluate behaviorally focused chronic disease self-management interventions. Forty Spanish-speaking adults with 1 or more chronic conditions completed the CIRSSpanish on 2 occasions, separated by 2 weeks. They also completed a series of 5 other measures to evaluate criterion, convergent validity, and divergent validity. The 22-item CIRS-Spanish demonstrated reasonable levels of reliability and validity similar to the previously validated English-language version and was easily understood by patients. The CIRS-Spanish is a reliable and valid instrument for measurement of multilevel support for chronic illness management in low-income, Spanish-speaking patients with a variety of chronic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, Queensland Cancer Fund, Brisbane, Australia, e.eakin@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Elizabeth G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Eakin
authors.forename: Marina M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Sheana S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.forename: Kimberly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Floyd
authors.forename: Russell E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Glasgow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires