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OBJECTIVE: To design, develop and psychometrically evaluate a stroke-specific
measure of confidence, the Confidence after Stroke Measure (CaSM). DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: Adults in the community. PARTICIPANTS: Stroke survivors
and healthy elderly participants. METHODS: Questionnaire items were generated
based on the literature and qualitative interviews and piloted with expert groups
to establish face validity.
A 53-item CaSM was administered to stroke survivors
and healthy elderly participants in the community.
A second copy was posted four
weeks later. Completed questionnaires were analysed for extreme responses,
missing values, construct validity (factor analysis), convergent validity,
divergent validity, reliability (internal consistency and temporal stability) and
comparing responses according to age and gender. RESULTS: Stroke ( n = 101) and
healthy elderly participants ( n = 101) returned questionnaires. Eight items were
removed that had extreme responses and large numbers of missing values. Six items
had item total correlations <0.3 and were removed.
A further item was removed
demonstrating gender difference. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted on
the remaining 38 items. A 27-item three factor solution was derived assessing
Self-Confidence, Positive Attitude and Social Confidence, which explained 52% of
variance. Cronbach's alpha coefficient demonstrated good internal consistency (
alpha = 0.94). A test re-test on the 27 items indicated good temporal stability (
r = 0.85, P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: The 27-item CaSM was a valid and reliable
measure for assessing confidence in stroke survivors.

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