TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and validation of a diabetes self-management instrument for older African-Americans
AU - McCaskill, Gina M.
AU - Bolland, Kathleen A.
AU - Burgio, Kathryn L.
AU - Leeper, James
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/5/27
Y1 - 2016/5/27
N2 - The objective of this study was to develop and validate a new diabetes self-management instrument for older African-Americans 65 years of age and older. The Self-Care Utility Geriatric African-American Rating (SUGAAR) was developed using the American Diabetes Association’s standards for the management of type 2 diabetes in older adults and cognitive interviews with older African-Americans. The instrument underwent extensive review by a panel of experts, two rounds of cognitive interviews, and a pilot test before it was administered in an interview format to 125 community-dwelling older African-Americans. The instrument demonstrated content validity and significant, but modest, convergent validity with items from an established diabetes self-management instrument. Social workers and health care professionals can use the SUGARR to assess diabetes self-management and to identify areas for education and support for older African-Americans with type 2 diabetes.
AB - The objective of this study was to develop and validate a new diabetes self-management instrument for older African-Americans 65 years of age and older. The Self-Care Utility Geriatric African-American Rating (SUGAAR) was developed using the American Diabetes Association’s standards for the management of type 2 diabetes in older adults and cognitive interviews with older African-Americans. The instrument underwent extensive review by a panel of experts, two rounds of cognitive interviews, and a pilot test before it was administered in an interview format to 125 community-dwelling older African-Americans. The instrument demonstrated content validity and significant, but modest, convergent validity with items from an established diabetes self-management instrument. Social workers and health care professionals can use the SUGARR to assess diabetes self-management and to identify areas for education and support for older African-Americans with type 2 diabetes.
KW - Diabetes self-management
KW - instrument validation
KW - older African-Americans
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84962343533&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00981389.2015.1129012
DO - 10.1080/00981389.2015.1129012
M3 - Article
C2 - 27045578
AN - SCOPUS:84962343533
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 55
SP - 381
EP - 394
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 5
ER -
