Development and psychometric properties of a health knowledge test on six chronic conditions
| Autor: | Paul Gellert, Monika Oedekoven, Clemens Ernsting, Adelheid Kuhlmey, Sibylle Detel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Psychometrics Population Respiratory Tract Diseases Disease Models Psychological 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Surveys and Questionnaires Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Musculoskeletal Diseases education education.field_of_study 030505 public health Operationalization Rasch model Depression Reproducibility of Results General Medicine Middle Aged Test (assessment) Convergent validity Facet (psychology) Cardiovascular Diseases Chronic Disease Female Chronic Pain 0305 other medical science Psychology Factor Analysis Statistical Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Patient education and counseling. 99(12) |
| ISSN: | 1873-5134 |
| Popis: | Objectives The aim of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of a health knowledge test on common chronic conditions in the general population. Methods Operationalization based on a facet design led to 108 knowledge items on six conditions: cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory diseases, musculoskeletal system conditions, depression, and chronic pain. We refined the items (qualitative study 1; N = 20) and selected the items by applying a mixed Rasch model (study 2; N = 861). The psychometric properties (Study 3; N = 4144) of the remaining 24 items were tested using exploratory (split sample N = 2110) and confirmatory factor analyses (split sample N = 2034). Results 108 items were refined within study 1, 24 of which were selected in study 2. In study 3, a general health knowledge factor was confirmed based on six subscales on specific conditions. Convergent validity was confirmed by the overlap of health knowledge with education and perceived health knowledge. Conclusion The development and evaluation of the psychometric properties of a health knowledge test on six common conditions will improve future research on health knowledge. Practical implications Chronic conditions present a challenge; assessing the level of health knowledge is the first step to prevent and to cope with these conditions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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