Psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese versions of the 29‐ and 13‐item scales of the Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence (SOC‐29 and SOC‐13) evaluated in Brazilian cardiac patients

Abstract

This scale can be used in research and clinical practice in Brazil to assess nursing interventions aimed at decreasing stress during cardiac rehabilitation.

The Sense of Coherence and Its Measurement

“…Nevertheless, recent research has focused on the study of the structure and content of sense of coherence. There are studies that support Antonovsky's idea of the sense of coherence as a general factor with three dimensions (Antonovsky, 1993;Drageset & Haugan, 2015;Klepp, Mastekaasa, Sørensen, Sandanger, & Kleiner, 2007;Rajesh et al, 2015;Söderhamn & Holmgren, 2004;Söderhamn, Sundsli, Cliffordson, & Dale, 2015;Spadoti Dantas et al, 2014). Söderhamn et al (2015) found evidence in a confirmatory factor analysis that confirmed the SOC-29 as one theoretical construct with three dimensions, comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness.…”

Questionário de Avaliação da Sobrecarga do Cuidador Informal: validação para o Brasil

“…The cultural adaptation process was based on national and international technical literature, which supported the studies previously performed by researchers from the Group for Research on Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in which we operate, evidencing the face and content validities of the QASCI scale (7) . In a recent study that evaluated the psychometric properties of two experimental versions of the QASCI, the author found that the results of the percentage of each item showed extreme answers, that is, No/Never or Always, in 27 items (20) .…”

“…Most of the items had more than 50% of their answers to the extreme values of the answer scale ("No/Never" or "Always"), as occurred in 19 of the 32 items. Several participants marked value one ("No/Never") in the answer scale, making a total of 12 items (4,5,7,10,13,15,16,17,19,20,21,22 …”

“…The use of such instruments has made it possible to identify that the process of caring for elders at home can determine limitations on the caregiver's life evidenced by the implications for the professional life, even because of job abandonment; lack of time to take care of themselves; marital conflicts; permanent tiredness; the perception of worsened health; excessive time dedicated to the care activity and the fact of not receiving help to take care of the elder person (6) , as well as illness, social exclusion, depression, anxiety, imbalance between the activity and the rest period, compromised individual acceptance, as evidenced by the low influence on care situation and self-care (3) . In Brazil, some researches (7) have shown interest in this field of research, but the availability of instruments constructed or culturally adapted to assess the burden on Brazilian caregivers is still incipient. Therefore, there is a lack of systematic research in this area, which may result from lack of valid and reliable measurement instruments adapted to the Brazilian context for (11) or two Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) (12) .…”

The Application of Salutogenesis in Hospitals

“…Numerous authors conclude that patients' SOC scores should be assessed to inform treatment decisions and interventions (Blom, Larsson, Serlachius, & Ingvar, 2010;Boman, Bjorvell, Langius, & Cedermark, 1999;Buchi et al, 1998;Ding et al, 2013;Drabe et al, 2015;Klang et al, 1996;Linnen et al, 2011;Matsuura et al, 2003;Myers et al, 2011;Norekval et al, 2010;Spadoti Dantas et al, 2014;Torrati et al, 2010). However, there is also some criticism to use the SOC for this purpose, since authors find its dimensions overlapping with other concepts such as anxiety or disease-related depression (Sack, Kunsebeck, & Lamprecht, 1997), suggesting that the SOC might be a proxy for mental health, well-being and functionality.…”