Translation and Validation of the Indonesian Version of the Hypertension Self-care Profile

Abstract

BACKGROUND: High blood pressure self-care profile (HBP-SCP) is one of the instruments that needed to evaluate education program among hypertension patients. AIM: The purpose of the study was to translate and validate HBP-SCP into Indonesian version. METHODS: This study involved translation, content validation, and psychometric testing. The first instrument was conducted forward and backward translation by experts. Seven expert reviewed the contents for consistency, clarity, difficulty, representativeness, and suitability for inclusion. Finally, instrument was tested for reliability and validity on 40 hypertensive patients using Cronbach’s alpha and Pearson’s moment product. RESULTS: The final Indonesian version of HBP-SCP included behavior, motivation, and self-efficacy that each consists of 20 items questions were valid and reliable with positive expert review ratings (content validity index 0.964), internal consistency reliability coefficient ranged from 0.911 to 0.955. Items questionnaire of Indonesian version of HBP-SCP had strong correlation and significant validity (p ≤ 0.05). CONCLUSION: Indonesian version of HBP-SCP is a valid and reliable instrument to assess behavior, motivation, and self-efficacy among hypertension patients and evaluate group based hypertension education programs in Indonesia.

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