Self Care of Hypertension Inventory - Patient Version
Primary Contacts:
Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean, University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Barbara Riegel, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Professor
Penn Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
418 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217
Email: briegel@nursing.upenn.edu
Co-Director, International Center for Self-Care Research www.selfcareresearch.org
Self-care is an essential component of treatment for hypertension (HTN). We used the Self-care of Chronic Illness theory to guide development of Self-care of Hypertension Inventory (SC-HI or “Sky High”). The SC-HI is a 23-item measure of self-care maintenance, monitoring, and management appropriate for persons with chronic HTN. The published psychometric testing demonstrated reliability and validity (Dickson VV, Fletcher J, Riegel B. Psychometric Testing of the Self-Care of Hypertension Inventory (SC-HI) Version 3.0. (2021) Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 36(5), 411-419. DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000827). The results of testing support the conceptual basis of self-care in patients with HTN as a process of maintenance, monitoring, and management.
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