Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the decision regret scale in recipients of internal cardioverter defibrillators.
The decision regret scale (DRS) is a five-item instrument that captures an individual's regret associated with a healthcare decision. Cross-sectional data were collected from 109 cardiac patients who decided to receive an internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, assessments of the internal reliability consistency (alpha = .86), and discriminant validity established the DRS as a reliable and valid measure of decision regret in ICD recipients. The DRS, a psychometrically sound instrument, has relevance for clinicians and researchers vested in optimizing the decisional outcomes of ICD recipients. Future research is needed to examine the reliability and validity of the DRS in a larger and more diverse sample of ICD recipients.
Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA. ronald.hickman@case.edu
Ronald L
RL
Hickman
Melissa D
MD
Pinto
Eunsuk
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Lee
Barbara J
BJ
Daly
D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires