What is it about?
This study present psychometric properties of the Brief COPE in a sample of patients with advanced cancer in Indonesia. Specifically, we examined the factorial structure and the measure’s validity and reliability. We used exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to assess factor structure and evaluate the structural model fit, respectively.
Featured Image
Photo by Dikaseva on Unsplash
Why is it important?
The results of this study demonstrate that the Indonesian Brief COPE has satisfactory validity and reliability for assessing coping strategies among ACP in Indonesia. The Indonesian Brief COPE is linguistically and culturally equivalent to the original English version. As a valid and reliable questionnaire, it is ready for use in the population to assess coping among native Indonesian–speaking advanced cancer patients.
Perspectives
The validation of the Indonesian Brief COPE has important implications for clinical practice and research related to coping among ACP in Indonesia. Now a comprehensive assessment which incorporates coping strategies can be utilized to identify coping strategies used by ACP. In addition, assessing coping at the appropriate level of detail can assist health professionals to determine which coping strategies are situationally appropriate.
Nurul Huda
Universitas Riau
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Psychometric properties and cross-cultural adaptation of the Indonesian version of the Brief COPE in a sample of advanced cancer patients, PLoS ONE, November 2022, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275083.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
