title: Self-management in chronic conditions: partners in health scale instrument validation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article describes a study that aimed to validate the Self-care in Chronic Conditions Partners in Health Scale instrument in the Mexican population. The instrument has been validated in Australia for use as a screening tool by primary healthcare professionals to assess the self-care skills and abilities of people with a chronic illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Validation was conducted using baseline data for 552 people with diabetes, hypertension and cancer aged 18 or older who were users of healthcare centres in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results show high reliability and validity of the instrument and three themes were identified: knowledge, adherence, and dealing with and managing side effects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest the scale is useful as a generic self-rated clinical tool for assessing self-management in a range of chronic conditions, and provides an outcome measure for comparing populations and change in patient self-management knowledge and behaviour. The authors recommend validating the scale in other Latin-American settings with more research into the effect of gender on self- management.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Peñarrieta-de Córdova
authors.forename: Flores Florabel
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: Tranquilina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gutierrez-Gomes
authors.forename: Ma del Socorro
authors.initials: Mdel S
authors.lastname: Piñonez-Martinez
authors.forename: Luz Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Quintero-Valle
authors.forename: Hortensia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Castañeda-Hidalgo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*