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Measuring illness uncertainty in men undergoing active surveillance for prostate cancer.

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Bailey, DE; Wallace, M; Latini, DM; Hegarty, J; Carroll, PR; Klein, EA; Albertsen, PC
Published in: Applied nursing research : ANR
November 2011

Uncertainty is an aversive experience and plays an important role in the lives of men undergoing active surveillance (AS; earlier referred to as watchful waiting) for early-stage prostate cancer. Yet reliable and valid measures of uncertainty have not been fully tested in this population. This secondary analysis therefore tested the reliability of the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale Community Form (MUIS-C; M.H. Mishel, 1997b) for use with men undergoing AS for prostate cancer.Item-Total correlations were conducted on the 23 items of the MUIS-C with four samples of men undergoing AS.Cronbach's alpha for the full MUIS-C was .908; 22 of 23 items showed significant positive correlations with the total score. Removing the item without a significant correlation from the reliability analysis increased Cronbach's alpha to .913.The Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale-Community Form for Active Surveillance is a reliable and valid tool for measuring uncertainty with men undergoing AS for prostate cancer.

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Applied nursing research : ANR

DOI

EISSN

1532-8201

ISSN

0897-1897

Publication Date

November 2011

Volume

24

Issue

4

Start / End Page

193 / 199

Related Subject Headings

  • Uncertainty
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Population Surveillance
  • Nursing
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Aged
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4204 Midwifery
 

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Bailey, D. E., Wallace, M., Latini, D. M., Hegarty, J., Carroll, P. R., Klein, E. A., & Albertsen, P. C. (2011). Measuring illness uncertainty in men undergoing active surveillance for prostate cancer. Applied Nursing Research : ANR, 24(4), 193–199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2009.08.001
Bailey, Donald E., Meredith Wallace, David M. Latini, Josephine Hegarty, Peter R. Carroll, Eric A. Klein, and Peter C. Albertsen. “Measuring illness uncertainty in men undergoing active surveillance for prostate cancer.Applied Nursing Research : ANR 24, no. 4 (November 2011): 193–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2009.08.001.
Bailey DE, Wallace M, Latini DM, Hegarty J, Carroll PR, Klein EA, et al. Measuring illness uncertainty in men undergoing active surveillance for prostate cancer. Applied nursing research : ANR. 2011 Nov;24(4):193–9.
Bailey, Donald E., et al. “Measuring illness uncertainty in men undergoing active surveillance for prostate cancer.Applied Nursing Research : ANR, vol. 24, no. 4, Nov. 2011, pp. 193–99. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2009.08.001.
Bailey DE, Wallace M, Latini DM, Hegarty J, Carroll PR, Klein EA, Albertsen PC. Measuring illness uncertainty in men undergoing active surveillance for prostate cancer. Applied nursing research : ANR. 2011 Nov;24(4):193–199.
Journal cover image

Published In

Applied nursing research : ANR

DOI

EISSN

1532-8201

ISSN

0897-1897

Publication Date

November 2011

Volume

24

Issue

4

Start / End Page

193 / 199

Related Subject Headings

  • Uncertainty
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Population Surveillance
  • Nursing
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Aged
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4204 Midwifery