TY - JOUR

T1 - Danish translation and linguistic validation of a self-efficacy questionnaire

AU - Christiansen, Mille Guldager

AU - Lund-Jacobsen, Trine

AU - Jarden, Mary

AU - Pappot, Helle

AU - Piil, Karin

N1 - Publisher Copyright: Articles published in the DMJ are “open access”. This means that the articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - INTRODUCTION: The Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale is a widely used questionnaire instrument for measuring self-efficacy. Since self-efficacy has increasingly been recognised as an essential prerequisite for effective self-management of chronic diseases, valid and reliable measures are needed to do evaluations in research and clinical practice. This study aimed to translate and perform linguistic validation of the questionnaire for use in a Danish population and context. METHODS: The translation and validation process, which followed the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research guidelines, included professional translation and back translation, facilitated by clinical experts. Furthermore, we conducted cognitive debriefing interviews with patients diagnosed with chronic diseases. RESULTS: The questionnaire was translated into Danish and linguistically validated, each step producing changes leading to a more conceptually and culturally equivalent Danish version. The back translation was compared with the original English version which led to the identification of discrepancies requiring discussion before the next back translation. Ten participants were recruited for the cognitive debriefing interviews and contributed to minor changes. CONCLUSION: The Danish version of the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale is ready for use among Danish-speaking patients with chronic diseases. FUNDING: This work was supported by the Models of Cancer Care Research Program with grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF16OC0022338) and Minister Erna Hamilton's Grant for Science and Art, (06-2019). The funding source did not contribute to the study. TRIAL REGISTRATION: not relevant.

AB - INTRODUCTION: The Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale is a widely used questionnaire instrument for measuring self-efficacy. Since self-efficacy has increasingly been recognised as an essential prerequisite for effective self-management of chronic diseases, valid and reliable measures are needed to do evaluations in research and clinical practice. This study aimed to translate and perform linguistic validation of the questionnaire for use in a Danish population and context. METHODS: The translation and validation process, which followed the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research guidelines, included professional translation and back translation, facilitated by clinical experts. Furthermore, we conducted cognitive debriefing interviews with patients diagnosed with chronic diseases. RESULTS: The questionnaire was translated into Danish and linguistically validated, each step producing changes leading to a more conceptually and culturally equivalent Danish version. The back translation was compared with the original English version which led to the identification of discrepancies requiring discussion before the next back translation. Ten participants were recruited for the cognitive debriefing interviews and contributed to minor changes. CONCLUSION: The Danish version of the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale is ready for use among Danish-speaking patients with chronic diseases. FUNDING: This work was supported by the Models of Cancer Care Research Program with grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF16OC0022338) and Minister Erna Hamilton's Grant for Science and Art, (06-2019). The funding source did not contribute to the study. TRIAL REGISTRATION: not relevant.

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 36999813

AN - SCOPUS:85151315787

VL - 70

JO - Danish Medical Journal

JF - Danish Medical Journal

SN - 2245-1919

IS - 4

ER -