title: Exercise self-efficacy in persons with spinal cord injury: psychometric properties of the Dutch translation of the Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the reliability and validity of the Dutch version of the exercise self-efficacy scale (ESES) in persons with spinal cord injury. This is the first independent study of ESES psychometric properties, and the first report on ESES test-retest reliability.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 53 Dutch persons with spinal cord injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects completed the Dutch ESES twice, with 2 weeks between (ESES_1 and ESES_2). Subjects also completed the General self-efficacy scale (GSE), and a questionnaire regarding demographic characteristics and lesion characteristics. Psychometric properties of the Dutch translation of the ESES were assessed and compared with those of the original English-language version.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Dutch ESES was found to have good internal consistency (Cronbach's α for ESES_1 = 0.90, ESES_2 = 0.88). Test-retest reliability was adequate (intra-class correlation coefficient = 0.81, 95% confidence interval 0.70-0.89). For validity, a moderate, statistically significant correlation was found between ESES and the GSE (Spearman's ρ ESES_1 = 0.52, ESES_2 = 0.66, p < 0.01). Furthermore, the psychometric properties of the Dutch ESES were found to be similar to those of the original English version.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study support the use of the ESES as a reliable and valid measure of exercise self-efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Erasmus MC, 3000CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. c.nooijen@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Carla F J
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Nooijen
authors.forename: Marcel W M
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: Dorien C M
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Spijkerman
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Bergen
authors.forename: Henk J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Stam
authors.forename: Rita J G
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: van den Berg-Emons
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires