Author(s):
Ferreira, Gabriela Maria Magalhães ; Pedras, Susana ; Louro, André ; Carvalho, André ; Pereira, M. Graça
Date: 2024
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/92942
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Project/scholarship:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F01662%2F2020/PT;
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POR_NORTE/SFRH%2FBD%2F131780%2F2017/PT;
Subject(s): Foot health status Questionnaire; Diabetic foot disease; Portuguese validation; Foot self-care; Illness perceptions
Description
Purpose: This study aims to adapt and validate the Foot Health Status Questionnaire, developed by Bennett et al., in Portuguese patients with diabetic foot. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 143 patients with diabetic foot. A principal component analysis with oblique rotation and a confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling were performed. Results: The Portuguese version of the FHSQ (FHSQ-PT) in patients with diabetic foot remains equal to the original version, although with all factors correlated with each other. All scales presented high internal consistency values (pain: ω = 0.884; function: ω = 0.890; general foot health: ω = 0.910; and footwear: ω = 0.702), except for the footwear scale, although with a minimum acceptable coefficient. The FHSQ-PT scales showed good convergent validity and good discriminant validity. The FHSQ-PT scales were also able to discriminate between male and female patients as well as between patients with an active diabetic foot ulcer from those who did not. Conclusions: The results of the validated FHSQ-PT for Portuguese patients with diabetic foot showed good psychometric properties, being a useful, objective, and small instrument that may be used in clinical practice by health professionals without consuming too much time.
This study was conducted at the Psychology Research Center (CIPsi/UM) School of Psychology, University of Minho, supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the Portuguese State Budget (UIDB/01662/2020) and by a Ph.D. fellowship from FCT assigned to the first author (SFRH/BD/131780/2017)
