Mely Ruiz-Aquino1, Viter Gerson Carlos Trinidad1,2, Aldo Alvarez-Risco3, Jaime A. Yáñez4,5,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.6, pp. 959-974, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.021172
Abstract The general objective of this article was to construct and describe the psychometric properties of a scale of selfcare behaviors against COVID-19. It was a descriptive, cross-sectional, psychometric validation study of a scale
created to measure self-care behaviors in relation to COVID-19 in a total sample of 333 probabilistically selected.
Qualitative validity was evaluated by a review of 10 experts and quantitative validity by means of exploratory factor analysis using the principal components method. Internal consistency was measured with Cronbach’s alpha
twice and the test-retest was evaluated by calculating the intraclass coefficient. The final scale consisted of 29 items.
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