Measuring Self-Efficacy on Portuguese Respiratory Patients on Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Validation of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Adapted Index of Self-Efficacy on Portuguese Respiratory Patients

This study aimed to translate and adapt to portuguese an original british instrument useful to measure respiratory patients' self-efficacy specific to the context of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Recent updates on Pulmonary Rehabilitation highlight the importance of patients' self-efficacy on long-term adherence to health-enhancing behaviors. The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Adapted Index of Self-Efficacy (PRAISE) is an adaptation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale. This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt and evaluate reliability and validity of PRAISE on Portuguese respiratory patients.Forward-backward translation and pilot testing were performed. Content validity was assessed by a multidisciplinary panel of expert judges. To evaluate reliability and validity, 150 respiratory outpatients on Pulmonary Rehabilitation participated on a cross-sectional study. Descriptive and reliability analyses, and exploratory factorial analysis using principal axis factoring, followed by oblique oblimin factor rotation were conducted to identify construct validity. IBM® SPSS® version 22 was used to perform statistical analysis.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with acute respiratory disease
• Patients with chronic respiratory disease
• Patients attending a hospital-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cognitive deficit for answering a questionnaire