Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Fear of ACTivity in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (Fact-CAD)

Hitit University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments: Other: Psychometric analysis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03858829

25901600/893

Details and patient eligibility

About

Low motivation to exercise is one of the barriers to participation in cardiac rehabilitation. Fear of activity after a cardiac event is associated with low levels of physical activity. This study aimed to develop and validate a scale to measure fear of activity in patients with coronary artery disease.

Full description

Low motivation to exercise is one of the barriers to participation in cardiac rehabilitation. Fear of activity after a cardiac event is associated with low levels of physical activity. This study aimed to develop and validate a scale to measure fear of activity in patients with coronary artery disease. A scale for Fear of ACTivity in patients with CAD (Fact-CAD) was created through semi-structured focus group interviews with patients. Face and content validity of Fact-CAD was verified. The scale was applied to 250 patients who had myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention within the last 12 months. Psychometric analysis included model fit, unidimensionality, reliability, local dependency, differential item functioning and external construct validity. Analyses were performed using the Rasch Analysis Model.

Enrollment: 250 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subject has had myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention within the last 12 months.

Exclusion criteria

• Acute cardiac event within the last month
• Attendance to cardiac rehabilitation
• İnability to read and understand,
• İnability to ambulate or unwillingness to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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250 participants in 1 patient group

fear of movement scale

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Psychometric analysis