Development of the SC-IBD Self-Care Measurement Scale
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- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn Disease. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Italy
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Development of a Self-Care Measurement Scale for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Its Application in an Outpatient Setting
Overview
This study aims to develop and validate a disease-specific self-care measurement scale for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The research follows a sequential mixed-methods design: a qualitative phase to identify key self-care concepts, followed by a quantitative phase to test the psychometric properties of the newly developed SC-IBD scale in an outpatient population.
Detailed description
This study is designed to develop and validate the SC-IBD scale, a disease-specific instrument for measuring self-care in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The project uses a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design.
In the qualitative phase, semi-structured interviews will be conducted with outpatients diagnosed with IBD to explore their experiences of self-care across the three theoretical dimensions described in the Middle-Range Theory of Self-Care of Chronic Illness: maintenance, monitoring, and management. The qualitative findings will inform item generation and content validity assessment through a multidisciplinary expert panel.
The quantitative phase will include the administration of the preliminary SC-IBD scale to an outpatient cohort in order to evaluate its psychometric properties, including construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. Additional validated instruments (DASS-21, SF-12, BIPQ, IBD-Control, and the Short Food Literacy Questionnaire) will be used to assess convergent and divergent validity and to describe relevant psychological, clinical and behavioral correlates of self-care in IBD.
The ultimate goal of the study is to produce a reliable, valid, and clinically useful tool for assessing self-care behaviors in individuals living with IBD, supporting both research and clinical practice.
Primary outcome measures
- Psychometric Validation of the SC-IBD Scale [Time frame: Baseline to 3 months]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- Qualitative Themes of Self-Care in Patients with IBD [Time frame: Baseline]
- Psychological Distress Measured by DASS-21 [Time frame: Baseline]
- Health-Related Quality of Life Assessed by SF-12 [Time frame: Baseline]
- Illness Perception Measured by BIPQ [Time frame: Baseline]
- Perceived Disease Control Measured by IBD-Control [Time frame: Baseline]
- Food Literacy Assessed by the Short Food Literacy Questionnaire [Time frame: Baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Voluntary willingness to participate in the study.
- Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis) for at least 12 months.
- Follow-up in outpatient setting.
- Age 18 years or older.
- Ability to read and speak Italian.
- Ability to understand the study procedures.
- Signed informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
- Age younger than 18 years.
- Significant cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia) that may limit participation.
- Insufficient comprehension of the Italian language.
- Severe psychiatric disorders that may compromise participation.
- Severe clinical conditions preventing participation in interviews or questionnaire completion.
- Refusal to sign the informed consent form.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Italy · 1 center
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS — Roma
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07494227 · 8158 - SC-IBD