Translation, adaptation, and psychometric validation of the Indonesian version of Self Care Diary in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

This study aims to translate and culturally adapt the Self-Care Diary for chemotherapy patients and assess its psychometric properties to determine its validity and reliability in Indonesian version. This study followed the five-stage process for translation and cross-cultural adaptation outlined by Beaton et al. A cross-sectional design was employed to carry out the psychometric validation. The results of the construct validity test show that r value of 54 self-care activity items in 10 categories of side effects, ranging from 0.291 to 0.837, higher than the r table value of 0.278. The total Cronbach's Alpha of 0.937 for 54 items indicates that this research instrument has a very good level of reliability. The cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the SCD successfully produced a relevant instrument for use in the patient population in Indonesia. Using SCD can help health professionals identify patient needs, provide more targeted telenursing education, and improve patients' ability to manage chemotherapy side effects.