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- Title
Exploring and Developing Items Measuring Treatment Beliefs Construct among Heart Failure Patients: A Case of Malaysia.
- Authors
Wan Puteh, Sharifa Ezat; Wan Ismail, Wan Marina; Idris, Idayu Badilla; Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi
- Abstract
Introduction: This study investigates the treatment beliefs in heart failure using the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) translated in Malaysian language. The research is cross-sectional BMQ based study done in four tertiary hospitals in Pahang and Selangor, Malaysia. Methods: The study used a non-experimental, quantitative design. Simple random sampling method was used in a pilot study which covered the medical and cardio clinics in two tertiary and secondary hospitals. The overall data was collected for four weeks from these hospitals. The total number of respondents in this pilot study was 200 who are diagnosed with heart failure. SPSS version 25.0 was used to analyses the data. Results: The overall BMQ scale consisted of 18 items. BMQ translated into Malay language by using back- to back translation procedure by experts in their fields. The results of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) found that all 18 items were accepted due to factor loading being greater than 0.6. As a result, for local use, this instrument needs to rearrange the items measuring the construct into their respective components accordingly before proceeding with data collection in the field. Conclusion: It can be concluded that for local content, this instrument needs to rearrange the items measuring the construct into their respective components accordingly before proceeding with data collection practically.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SELANGOR; HEART failure patients; EXPLORATORY factor analysis; MALAY language; STATISTICAL sampling; BACK injuries; ACQUISITION of data
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2021, p98
- ISSN
1675-8544
- Publication type
Article