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Diabetes Empowerment Scale (DES)

 

Author(s)

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Endocrine system diseases

Nutritional and metabolic diseases

  • Disease:

Diabetes mellitus

  • Objective:

To assess diabetes-related psychosocial self-efficacy

  • Population for intended use:

Adult

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Psychological functioning (incl. coping)

  • Administration mode:

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

28 (DES-SF (Short Form) = 8)

  • Recall/Observation period:

None

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the USA

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

DES

Chinese
Spanish for Spain
 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Last update: April 2008

Last update in collaboration with the author: July 2003