The development of praying ability scale for Muslim with diabetic foot problem

Abstract

Solah or prayer is one of the pillars of Islam and a fundamental component of ibadah. Muslim prayer involves physical motions and recitations. It requires cleansing of body, ablution, and proper clothing prior to the prayer. In Muslim patient who have diabetic foot problem, most of them having difficulty in doing prayer due to their variety disability. This newly developed scale is meant to gauge their ability to pray objectively. 19 items have been established to be tested. 212 participants enrolled in this study which took place at IIUM Medical Centre and Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan. 125 participants are from the control group while 87 participants are from the diabetic group. They were selected through stratified random sampling. This study shows The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value was 0.72 The Exploratory Factor Analysis shows the 19 items of praying ability scale composed of five domains. Cronbach’s alpha values on finalized 19 items was 0.788 which signify good scale reliability. All of the items showed good factor loadings of more than 0.5. The 5 identified domains are namely Preparation of praying (factor 1), Physical movement (factor 2), Spirituality (factor 3), Cognitive & Tayammum (factor 4) and Disturbance (factor 5). The individualized Cronbach’s alpha of each domain ranged from 0.67 to 0.903This study has proved that the new Muslim Praying Ability Scale (PAS) is valid and reliable tools to measure prayer ability in diabetic foot problem patient.