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17129908

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
Metabolic control is central to positive clinical outcome in patients with diabetes. Empowerment has been linked to metabolic control in this clinical group. The current study sought to determine key psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Diabetes Empowerment Scale (C-DES) and to explore the relationship of the C-DES sub-scales to metabolic control in 189 patients with a diagnosis of diabetes. Confirmatory factor analysis established that the five sub-scales of the C-DES offered a highly satisfactory fit to the data. Furthermore, C-DES sub-scales were found to have generally acceptable internal consistency and divergent reliability. However, convergent reliability of C-DES sub-scales could not be established against metabolic control. It is concluded that future research needs to address ambiguities in the relationship between empowerment and metabolic control in order to afford patients an evidenced-based treatment package to assure optimal metabolic control.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1354-8506
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
198-208
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the diabetes empowerment scale.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Validation Studies