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| En la última semana (aún si no fue una semana normal), ¿cuántas veces practicó algún tipo de relajación mental? |
ninguna ________ veces |
| Describa lo que hace para relajarse: ___________________ | |
This is a single item. If the technique described is not a cognitive symptom management technique, code as "0". Cognitive techniques include imagery, prayer, meditation, or progressive muscle relaxation. Reading, watching TV, listening to music, etc, are not considered cognitive techniques. To score the item, categorize the number of times into an ordinal scale with these categories:
1 = None
2 = 1-7 times/week
3 = 8 or more times/week
This item can also be left as a continuous measure, using the actual times coded.
Tested on 550 Spanish-speaking subjects with chronic disease.
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Stanford Spanish Chronic Disease Self-Management Study (Tomando Control de su Salud). Psychometrics reported in: Lorig KR, Ritter PL, & González VM, Hispanic chronic disease self-management: A randomized community-based outcome trial. Nursing Review, 52(6):361-9, 2003.
Another way that you can use this scale is to separate out the use of cognitive and non-cognitive techniques that one uses. We have never used the scale in this way but it seems like a reasonable possible use.
Lorig KR, Ritter PL, & González VM, Hispanic chronic disease self-management: A randomized community-based outcome trial. Nursing Review, 52(6):361-9, 2003.
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