@Article{CHD.2020.012438,
AUTHOR = {Federica Dellafiore, Serena Francesca Flocco, Cristina Arrigoni, Serena Barello, Tiziana Nania,
Maria Giovanna Russo, Berardo Sarubbi, Arianna Magon, Francesco Pittella, Massimo Chessa, Rosario Caruso},
TITLE = {Italian Validation of the Healthcare Needs Scale for Youth with Congenital  Heart Disease and Its Short-Form Development},
JOURNAL = {Structural and Congenital Heart Disease},
VOLUME = {15},
YEAR = {2020},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {167--180},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/schd/v15n3/39528},
ISSN = {3071-1738},
ABSTRACT = {<b>Aims:</b> This study aimed at providing an Italian short version of the 
‘healthcare needs scale for youth with congenital heart disease’ (I-HNS-CHD-s), 
describing its construct validity and reliability. <b>Methods:</b> A multi-method and 
multi-phase design were adopted. Phase one referred to the cultural-linguistic 
validation of the original scale into Italian. Phase two tasted content and face 
validity of the Italian-translated scale. Phase three included the psychometric 
validation process of scale, encompassed two different steps: first cross-sectional 
data collection (sample A) purposed at determining the psychometric 
characteristics of the I-HNS-CHD-s, using an exploratory factor analysis (EFA). 
Then, a second round of cross-sectional data collection (sample B) was performed 
using the version of I-HNS-CHD-s derived from the previous step, and it purposed 
at confirming the scale factor structure and at assessing its reliability. <b>Results:</b> I-HNS-CHD-s showed evidence of face and content validity, adequate construct and 
internal consistency and stability. Specifically, I-HNS-CHD-s had 14 items kept 
by four domains, labelled as follows: Healthcare education, clinical support, 
emotional support, continuum of care. These domains were predicted by a secondorder factor, which was labelled as Healthcare needs. Overall I-HNS-CHD-s 
encompassed only the items that showed high performance in the psychometric 
analysis. Accordingly, I-HNS-CHD-s is a shorter form of the original scale (14 
items instead of 25). <b>Conclusions:</b> I-HNS-CHD-s is a psychometrically robust 
measure of the healthcare and psychosocial needs of Italian adolescents and young 
adults with congenital heart disease.},
DOI = {10.32604/CHD.2020.012438}
}