%0 Journal Article
%T Development of a Dietary Habit Self-Management Skills Scale for Post-Gastrectomy Cancer Patients in Japan
%A Miharu Ogasa
%J Health
%P 1750-1775
%@ 1949-5005
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/health.2017.913128
%X Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to develop a Dietary Habit Self-Management Skill (DHSMS) scale, and to test the reliability and validity of this scale. Methods: A questionnaire survey was then conducted using a 69-item DHSMS scale (second draft) for which content validity had been confirmed. The participants were post-gastrectomy cancer patients aged from 40 to under 80 years who had undergone initial gastrectomy with an interval of from 1 month since discharge to <3 years post-operative. Results: The scale is a second-order factor model with ¡°Dietary habit self-management skills¡± as a higher-order factor, four factors¡ª¡±Skill to form partnerships with other important people¡±, ¡°Skill to prevent or cope with post-gastrectomy disorder¡±, ¡°Skill to grasp issues accompanying post-gastrectomy disorder¡±, and ¡°Self-efficacy¡±¡ªand 27 items. The construct validity of the scale was confirmed. Cronbach¡¯s alpha coefficient of the DHSMS scale was 0.915. The criterion- related validity of the DHSMS scale was confirmed based on the correlations between overall DHSMS scale scores and ¡°Number of post-gastrectomy disorder symptoms experienced¡±, the score for the subscale ¡°Skill to grasp issues accompanying post-gastrectomy disorder¡± and ¡°Number of post-gastrectomy disorder symptoms experienced¡±, and the subscale ¡°Self-efficacy¡± and the SF-8. Discussion: By using patients¡¯ self-administered DHSMS scale scores, medical professionals are able to assess the level of a patient¡¯s self-management skills and the status of their dietary habits as a result of post-gastrectomy disorder.
%K Self-Management Skill
%K Gastric Cancer
%K Dietary Habit
%K Scale Development
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=80971