Validity and reliability of a Swedish version of the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS) : a pilot study

• BACKGROUND: There is a need for a short and easily administered scale, in the Swedish language, for assessing partner relationships in the health care of persons with cardiac disease. PURPOSE: To establish the reliability and validity of the Swedish version of the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS). DESIGN: The present pilot study has a methodological design. FINDINGS: Content validity has been tested for relevance, clarity and readability. The scale was tested for construct validity with explorative factor analysis. The reliability was tested by internal consistency and test-retest analysis. The result showed a two-factor solution, which does not correspond to the original proposed one-factor solution. The factor analyses revealed two quite distinct factors of RAS, labelled "Relationship built on expectations and satisfaction of needs" and "Relationship built on love and devotion". CONCLUSIONS: The scale has satisfactory psychometric properties in terms of content validity, construct validity, homogeneity and stability in a population of persons with cardiac disease. Wider evaluations of the RAS for other populations and settings are recommended.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Other Medical and Health Sciences (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kirurgi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Surgery (hsv//eng)

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article

attitude to health

factorial analysis

female

heart infarction

human

language

male

marriage

methodology

middle aged

nursing assessment

nursing evaluation research

pilot study

principal component analysis

psychological aspect

psychometry

questionnaire

satisfaction

spouse

standard

validation study

attitude to health

factor analysis

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myocardial infarction

personal satisfaction

pilot projects

psychometrics

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Cardiology

Kardiologi

Nursing Science

Nursing

Health-Promoting Work

Caring sciences

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Health and Caring Sciences

Personal Satisfaction

Nursing Evaluation Research

Nursing Assessment/ methods

Myocardial Infarction/psychology

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Marriage/psychology

Male

Humans

Female

Statistical

Factor Analysis

Aged

Attitude to Health

Pilot Projects

Principal Component Analysis

Psychometrics

Questionnaires/ standards

Spouses/ psychology

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