A Systematic Review of Questionnaires Measuring Health-Related Empowerment

Herbert, Rosemary; Gagnon, Anita J.; Rennick, Janet E.; O’Loughlin, Jennifer

doi:10.1891/1541-6577.23.2.107

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“…Empowerment is a much used term, with many different definitions [36,37]. We aimed to build on previous work by operationalizing the measurement based on previous high quality research.…”

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confidence: 99%

Analyzing Empowerment Processes Among Cancer Patients in an Online Community: A Text Mining Approach (Preprint)

Verberne¹,

Batenburg²,

Sanders³

et al. 2018

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“…Empowerment is a much used term, with many different definitions [36,37]. We aimed to build on previous work by operationalizing the measurement based on previous high quality research.…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analyzing Empowerment Processes Among Cancer Patients in an Online Community: A Text Mining Approach (Preprint)

Verberne¹,

Batenburg²,

Sanders³

et al. 2018

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“…One prospective track would involve the use of the FCPSS with other instruments measuring general social support as cited earlier, as well as those scales measuring constructs related to the FCPSS such as family empowerment and caregiver burden. For instance, the FCPSS could be employed alongside the FES (Elliot et al, 1998), the most frequently cited empowerment scale currently used in children's mental health (Herbert, Gagnon, Rennick, & O'Loughlin, 2009). The FES was designed to measure empowerment as experienced by families with youth experiencing behavioral health care issues, in areas such as the caregiver's ability to manage daily situations within the home environment, their ability to work with representatives of various human service systems to obtain necessary services for family members, their ability to advocate for changes in the overall system of care to better address the needs of all families, and related expressed attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors (Koren et al, 1992).…”

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Measuring Family Caregiver Perceptions of Support in Caring for Children and Youth With Mental Health Concerns

Davis

Gavazzi

Scheer

et al. 2011

Journal of Social Service Research

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This correlational study assessed how families of children with mental illness perceived the levels of support they received from informal and formal resource providers and the associations between perceived support and child outcomes. Adult caregivers (N = 904) of youth receiving public mental health care services were administered the Family Caregiver Perceptions of Support Scale developed by the authors to assess family caregiver perceptions of support prior to and at termination of services. Factor analysis identified three types of caregiver anticipated supports: informal support resources, support for treatment plan influence, and health care resources. The domains were significantly and positively associated with one another but did not uniformly correlate with youth mental health outcomes. The study provides preliminary evidence that treatment gains in youth mental health outcomes are observed when caregivers perceive support in treatment processes. Suggestions for future research are made, stressing the importance of caregivers and providers working together and describing needs related to future scale improvements.

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“…In recent years, a range of measures have been developed to assess health-related empowerment [15][16][17]. Based on an earlier work in diabetes education, Anderson et al [18] developed the Diabetes Empowerment Scale (DES) in order to assess the psychosocial self-efficacy of patients with diabetes.…”

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Measuring Empowerment in Patients with Chronic Disease: Psychometric Qualities of the Portuguese Rheumatic Disease Empowerment Scale

Alves

Cunha

Lopes

et al. 2018

Port J Public Health

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Empowerment is usually defined as a process of promoting the sense of competence and control as a means of capacitating individuals to improve their life conditions. The aim of this study was to describe the psychometric qualities of the Portuguese Rheumatic Disease Empowerment Scale (P-RES-8), an 8-item measure of empowerment for patients with rheumatic disease. The study enrolled 81 patients with rheumatic diseases. Participants filled in the P-RES-8, the Portuguese validated version of the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36 (MOS SF-36), and a questionnaire including sociodemographic data and disease-related variables. To evaluate the dimensionality of the P-RES-8 scale, an exploratory factor analysis was conducted, and its reliability was assessed by Cronbach’s α. The validity of this measure was assessed by analyzing the correlations between empowerment, quality of life, and other relevant variables (education level and illness duration). The P-RES-8 proved to be a reliable 1-dimensional measure of empowerment in patients with rheumatic disease (Cronbach’s α = 0.94). Empowerment was positively related to quality of life. Particularly, the findings showed positive associations between empowerment, assessed by the P-RES-8, and each of the 8 domains of the MOS SF-36. The associations were stronger for mental health and general health perception. The results also revealed that empowerment is positively associated with a higher education and more years after the diagnosis. The findings provide support for the adequacy of the P-RES-8 as a measure of empowerment in patients with rheumatic disease. Moreover, empowerment showed to be an important variable in the assessment of patients’ quality of life.

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A Systematic Review of Questionnaires Measuring Health-Related Empowerment

Cited by 97 publications

References 91 publications

Analyzing Empowerment Processes Among Cancer Patients in an Online Community: A Text Mining Approach (Preprint)

Analyzing Empowerment Processes Among Cancer Patients in an Online Community: A Text Mining Approach (Preprint)

Measuring Family Caregiver Perceptions of Support in Caring for Children and Youth With Mental Health Concerns

Measuring Empowerment in Patients with Chronic Disease: Psychometric Qualities of the Portuguese Rheumatic Disease Empowerment Scale

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