TITLE:
Development of a Dietary Habit Self-Management Skills Scale for Post-Gastrectomy Cancer Patients in Japan
AUTHORS:
Miharu Ogasa
KEYWORDS:
Self-Management Skill, Gastric Cancer, Dietary Habit, Scale Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.9 No.13,
December
11,
2017
ABSTRACT: Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to develop a Dietary Habit Self-Management Skill (DHSMS) scale, and to test the reliability and validity of this scale. Methods: A questionnaire survey was then conducted using a 69-item DHSMS scale (second draft) for which content validity had been confirmed. The participants were post-gastrectomy cancer patients aged from 40 to under 80 years who had undergone initial gastrectomy with an interval of from 1 month since discharge to