Refinement and Evaluation of a Chinese and Western Medication Adherence Scale for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Item Response Theory Analyses.

Qiong HuangLi LuoBing-Qing XiaDing-Jun ZhangChen-di DongJiao-Wang TanLi-Zhe FuFang TangXian-Long ZhangBei-Ni LaoYan-Min XuHui-Fen ChenXu-Sheng LiuYi-Fan Wu

Published in: Patient preference and adherence (2020)

The original Chinese and Western medication adherence scale was refined to a 15-item version-2 scale after IRT analyses. The scale evaluation using CTT and IRT showed the version-2 scale had the desirable reliability, validity, discrimination, difficulty, and information providedoverall. Therefore, the version-2 scale is clinically feasible to assess the medication adherence of CKD patients.

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psychometric properties
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
healthcare
prognostic factors
health information