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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Children and Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1365089

Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure the congenital heart disease children's family stressor

Provisionally accepted
Yi Zhang Yi Zhang 1Hang Zhou Hang Zhou 2juan Y. Bai juan Y. Bai 3song Z. Chen song Z. Chen 3jiao Y. Wang jiao Y. Wang 3lan Q. Hu lan Q. Hu 3fang M. Yang fang M. Yang 3Wei Wei Wei Wei 3Lan Ding Lan Ding 3Fang Ma Fang Ma 3*
  • 1 Kunming Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
  • 2 Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
  • 3 The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China

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    Background: Families of children with congenital heart disease(CHD) face tremendous stressors in the process of coping with the disease, which threatens the health of families of children with CHD. Studies have shown that nursing interventions focusing on family stress management can improve parents' ability to cope with illness and promote family health. At present, there is no measuring tool for family stressors of CHD.The items of scale were generated through qualitative interviews and literature review. Initial items were evaluated by 7 experts to determine content validity.Factor analysis and reliability testing were conducted with a convenience sample of 670 family members. The criterion-related validity of scale was calculated using scores on the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).The CHD Children's Family Stressor Scale consisted of 6 dimensions and 41 items. In the exploratory factor analysis, the cumulative explained variance of the six factors was 61.085%. In the confirmatory factor analysis, the 6 factors in the exploratory factor analysis were well validated, indicating that the model fits well. The correlation coefficient between CHD Children's Family Stressor Scale and SAS was r=0.504(P<0.001), which indicated that the criterion-related validity of scale was good.In the reliability test, Cronbach's α coefficients of 6 sub-scale of were 0.774 to 0.940, the scale-level Cronbach's α coefficient value was 0.945.The study indicates that the CHD Children's Family Stressor Scale is valid and reliable, it is recommended for use in clinical practice to assess the CHD children's family stressor.

    Keywords: congenital heart disease, validity, Reliability, Family, stressor

    Received: 03 Jan 2024; Accepted: 15 Apr 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhang, Zhou, Bai, Chen, Wang, Hu, Yang, Wei, Ding and Ma. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Fang Ma, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650032, Yunnan Province, China

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