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- Title
Determinants for cardiovascular disease health check questionnaire: A validation study.
- Authors
Cheong, Ai Theng; Chinna, Karuthan; Khoo, Ee Ming; Liew, Su May
- 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.
- Subjects
CARDIOVASCULAR disease diagnosis; CARDIOVASCULAR disease prevention; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; PERIODIC health examinations; PREPAREDNESS; SENSORY perception
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0188259