Translation and reliability and validity evaluation of Difficulties in End of Life Discussions-Family Inventory
ZHU Yalin
SHI Linlin
LI Yan
WANG Yafei
YANG Guannan
CHAI Shouxia
Abstract：Objective:To translate Difficulties in End of Life Discussion-Family Inventory(DEOLD-FI)into Chinese and test its reliability and validity among cancer patients.Methods:The DEOLD-FI was authorized and conducted according to the principle of scale introduction.The reliability validity of the scale was tested in 315 cancer patients.Results:Five public factors were extracted from Chinese version DEOLD-FI,which were emotional burden,negative attitude,family burden,fear of death,and communication ability,and the cumulative contribution rate of variance was 64.772%.The Cronbach's α coefficient of the total table was 0.897,the split-half reliability was 0.828,the test-retest reliability was 0.938,and the Cronbach's α coefficient of each dimension was above 0.85.Conclusion:The Chinese version of DEOLD-FI has good reliability and validity,and it can be used to evaluate the degree of end-of-life communication disorder with family members.
Keywords：cancerend-of-life communicationcommunication disorderreliabilityvalidityDelphi method
Publication Date：2024-03-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 770-774 )