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Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the 12-item diabetes fatalism scale

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  • Ola Sukkarieh-Haraty
  • Leonard E Egede
  • Joelle Abi Kharma
  • Maya Bassil

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Background: There are widespread fatalistic beliefs in Arab countries, especially among individuals with diabetes. However, there is no tool to assess diabetes fatalism in this population. This study describes the processes used to create an Arabic version of the Diabetes Fatalism Scale (DFS) and examine its psychometric properties. Methods: A descriptive correlational design was used with a convenience sample of Lebanese adults (N = 274) with type 2 diabetes recruited from a major hospital in Beirut, Lebanon and by snowball sampling. The 12- item Diabetes Fatalism Scale- Arabic (12-item DFS-Ar) was back-translated from the original version, pilot tested on 22 adults with type 2 diabetes and then administered to 274 patients to assess the validity and reliability of the scale. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the hypothesized factor structure. Cronbach’s alpha was used to test for reliability. Results: CFA supported the existence of the three factor hypothesis of the original DFS scale. The five items measuring “emotional distress” loaded under Factor 1, the four items measuring “spiritual coping” loaded under factor 2 and the last three items measuring “perceived self-efficacy” of the original scale loaded under Factor 3 (p

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  • Ola Sukkarieh-Haraty & Leonard E Egede & Joelle Abi Kharma & Maya Bassil, 2018. "Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the 12-item diabetes fatalism scale," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0190719
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190719
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