Author(s)

Pei-Ti Chen¹, Tase-Jyy Wang^2*

¹Department of Nursing, Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare & Management School of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science, Taipei City.
²School of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science, Taipei City.

Aims and objectives: To translate and validate a Taiwanese version of the Self-Efficacy for Appropriate Medication Use Scale (SEAMS). Background: The major barrier in the management of atrial fibrillation is the lack of self-efficacy to medications adherence. Patients’ knowledge of the nature of atrial fibrillation and cardiovascular, cerebrovascular risk factors and anticoagulants is a significant factor affecting individuals’ adherence. However, few instruments have been developed to assess patients’ self-efficacy to medications adherence and none has been translated into Taiwanese. Design: This study used a standard ‘‘forward-backward’’ procedure, which was used to translate SEAMS into Taiwanese language. Reliability was tested for internal consistency. Validity was confirmed by computing a content validity index. Methods: Data collection for this research occurred from October 13, 2015 to October 26, 2016. The sample included atrial fibrillation outpatient. Participants simultaneously completed the Taiwanese version of the Self-Efficacy for Appropriate Medication Use Scale (SEAMS-T). A total of 151 individuals completed the questionnaire. Results: Coefficient alpha was 0.931 for atrial fibrillation patients. Conclusions: Findings provide support for the validity of the Taiwanese version of the Self-Efficacy for Appropriate Medication Use Scale (SEAMS-T). Relevance to clinical practice: The translation and validation of an instrument evaluating the self-efficacy for medication adherence in atrial fibrillation contribute to assessing the provided educational intervention.

Atrial Fibrillation, Adherence, Self-Efficacy

Chen, P. and Wang, T. (2017) Translation and Validation of the Taiwanese Version of the Self-Efficacy for Appropriate Medication Use Scale. Open Journal of Nursing, 7, 28-38. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2017.71003.