Determinants for cardiovascular disease health check questionnaire: A validation study

Cheong, A.T. and Chinna, K. and Khoo, E.M. and Liew, S.M. (2017) Determinants for cardiovascular disease health check questionnaire: A validation study. PLoS ONE, 12 (11). e0188259. ISSN 1932-6203, DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188259.

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Abstract

Background: To improve individuals’ participation in cardiovascular disease (CVD) screening, it is necessary to understand factors that influence their intention to undergo health checks. This study aimed to develop and validate an instrument that assess determinants that influence individuals’ intention to undergo CVD health checks. Methods: The concepts and items were developed based on findings from our prior exploratory qualitative study on factors influencing individuals’ intention to undergo CVD health checks. Content validity of the questionnaire was assessed by a panel of six experts and the item-level content validity index (I-CVI) was determined. After pretesting the questionnaire was pilot tested to check reliability of the items. Exploratory factor analysis was used to test for dimensionality using a sample of 240 participants. Results: The finalized questionnaire consists of 36 items, covering nine concepts. The I-CVI for all items was satisfactory with values ranging from 0.83 to 1.00. The exploratory factor analysis showed that the number of factors extracted was consistent with the theoretical concepts. Correlations values between items ranged from 0.30 to 0.85 and all the factor loadings were more than 0.40, indicating satisfactory structural validity. All concepts showed good internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha values ranged 0.66–0.85. Conclusions: The determinants for CVD health check questionnaire has good content and structural validity, and its reliability was established. It can be used to assess determinants influencing individuals’ intention to undergo CVD health checks.

Item Type: Article
Funders: University of Malaya Postgraduate Research Fund (PG049-2014A)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases; Humans; Surveys and Questionnaires
Subjects: R Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 12 Sep 2018 04:06
Last Modified: 12 Sep 2018 04:06
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/19209

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