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- Title
Psychometric properties of the Malay version of the Illness Cognition Questionnaire among cancer patients in Malaysia.
- Authors
Song, Wenjun; Mansor, Nor Shuhada; Shari, Nurul Izzah; Zhang, Ruiling; Abdullah, Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin
- Abstract
Objective: The Illness Cognition Questionnaire (ICQ) was translated from its original English version to the Malay version for this research, adapted the Malay language version of the ICQ (ICQ-M) for use in cancer patients, and assessed the internal consistency, content, face, construct, convergent, discriminant and concurrent validity of the ICQ-M among a cohort of cancer patients with mixed cancer types in Malaysia. Method: Initially, the ICQ was translated into Malay and back-translated, and its content and face validity were evaluated. Then, 346 cancer patients with various cancer types received the ICQ-M, and its internal consistency, convergent, discriminant, construct, and concurrent validity were evaluated. Results: The ICQ-M and its domains had acceptable internal consistency with Cronbach's α ranging from 0.742 to 0.927. Construct validity assessment demonstrated that the ICQ-M consists of 17 items designated in two domains with good convergent and discriminant validity. The ICQ-M and its domains also had moderate correlations with the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II, which denotes that the ICQ-M had acceptable concurrent validity. Conclusion: The ICQ-M had good psychometric properties and is now available to measure the illness cognition of cancer patients in Malaysia.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; CANCER patients; TEST validity; COGNITION; MALAY language
- Publication
BMC Public Health, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12889-023-17060-1