Development of Life Stressors Scale for Peptic Ulcer Patients in Pakistan:
Disease Specific Scale!

Ushna Farrukh

ISSN: 2329-6879

Medicina Ocupacional y Asuntos de Salud

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Abstracto

Development of Life Stressors Scale for Peptic Ulcer Patients in Pakistan: Disease Specific Scale!

Ushna Farrukh

Objective: To develop Life Stressors scale for peptic ulcer patients in Pakistan.

Method: A Cross-sectional study was done with four stage model of scale development conducted at Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad Pakistan from March 2020 to February 2021. Scale was developed in which four stages of scale development include: Item generation, expert validation, pilot study and psychometric study. Sample consists of peptic ulcer patients with age range between 18-60 years.

Results: Total 125 patients were taken in which there were 62 (49.6%) males and 63(50.4%) females. Overall mean age range was 34 years. Exploratory factor analysis with varimax rotation was done. Total 18 items were revealed with two subscales, Somatic problems and social disruption with high internal consistency(r=.84).

Conclusion: It will helpful to measure the stressors of the patients having peptic ulcer as researches proves that life stresses are one of the major cause of this disease. It will further help the clinical psychologist to work on those stressors so the adverse effects of peptic ulcer can be minimized.