title: The Appraisal of Self-Care Agency Scale-Revised (ASAS-R): Reliability and Validity Among Older Chinese People.
abstract: The study aimed to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Appraisal of Self-Care Agency Scale-Revised (ASAS-R-CHI). A cross-sectional design was used to conduct this study, and the sample consisted of 1,219 older people, collected by a demographic questionnaire, ASAS-R-CHI and the Exercise of Self-Care Agency (ESCA) scale. The Cronbach's alpha (α) of ASAS-R-CHI was .79, the test-retest correlation was 0.95, and the item-to-total correlations ranged from r = .41 to r = .74. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) resulted in three factors that explained 65.31% of the total variance; all 15 items had strong factor loadings ranging from 0.54 to 0.91. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated the three-factor solution of ASAS-R-CHI had a good fit (x2,chi-square/degree of freedom [CMIN/DF] = 2.61, goodness of fitness index [GFI] = 0.93, adjusted goodness of fit index [AGFI] = 0.92,, comparative fit index [CFI = 0.92], Tucker Lewis index [TLI] = 0.91, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.04, root mean residual [RMR] = 0.02, P-value for test of close fit [PCLOSE] = 0.68). ASAS-R-CHI is a short, reliable, and valid instrument for measuring self-care agency among Chinese older adults.
authors.affiliation: 1 Jinzhou Medical University, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: 2 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Jaclene A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Zauszniewski
authors.affiliation: 3 The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
authors.forename: Xianfei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: 1 Jinzhou Medical University, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1 Jinzhou Medical University, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: 1 Jinzhou Medical University, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Qiyun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: 1 Jinzhou Medical University, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over / Q000523:psychology; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Chinese older people; instrument development; reliability; self-care agency; validity