Translation of the Exercise Adherence Rating Scale and its reliability and validity test in cancer patients
WU Yuxuan
YU Xinyuan
LUO Xinchu
LIN Shuting
DU Huimin
LYU Dandan
LIU Dun
Abstract：Objective:To translate the Exercise Adherence Rating Scale,and test its reliability and validity in cancer patients.Method:EARS was Translated,cross cultural adapted and pre-investigated using the Beaton translation process.A total of 140 cancer patients who admitted from a tertiary grade A hospital in Fuzhou from September to November 2022 were selected as the research subject to test the reliability and validity of Chinese version of EARS.Results:The Chinese version of EARS includes two parts:exercise adherence and reasons for adherence/non-adherence of exercises.The correlation coefficient between the scores of each item in the exercise adherence section and the total score were 0.833-0.908.The content validity index at the item level(I-CVI)of the scale were 0.8-1.0,and the content validity index at the scale level(S-CVI/Ave)was 0.95.The Cronbach's α coefficient of the exercise adherence part in Chinese version of EARS was 0.939,the test-retest reliability of the scale was 0.873 and the split-half reliability was 0.937.Conclusion:The Chinese version of the EARS shows high level of reliability and validity,and can provide a reliable tool for evaluating the exercise adherence of cancer patients.
Keywords：cancerexercise adherenceevaluation toolsreliabilityvalidityDelphi method
Publication Date：2024-11-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 3799-3805 )