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Reliability and Validity of the DCP Among Hispanic Veterans

Victoria Cunningham

Southern Arizona VA Health Care System

M. Jane Mohler

Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and Public Health

Christopher S. Wendel

Southern Arizona VA Health Care System

Richard M. Hoffman

Glen H. Murata

New Mexico VA Health Care System, University of New Mexico College of Medicine

Jayendra H. Shah

Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona College of Medicine

William C. Duckworth

Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine

The Diabetes Care Profile (DCP) was designed to measure psychosocial factors related to diabetes and its treatment. This study sought to determine the reliability and validity of the DCP in Hispanic veterans with Type 2 diabetes. Hispanic (n = 81) and non-Hispanic White (n = 238) patients were recruited at three southwestern VA hospitals. Scale reliabilities calculated by Cronbach's coefficient alpha revealed reliabilities ranging from .54 to .97 in Hispanics and .63 to .95 in non-Hispanic Whites. Only one scale, Monitoring Barriers, differed significantly between the two patient groups. Mean values on the DCP scales were consistent within and across ethnicities lending support for construct validity of the DCP in Hispanics. Convergent validity was also supported for DCP scales within the Hispanic patients as evidenced by correlations in expected directions with external measures.

Key Words: diabetes • measure • patient

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 28, No. 4, 447-463 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0163278705281077
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