Construct validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale

Autor: Mireille Janczyk Hereibi, Juliana Perez Arthur, Maria de Fátima Mantovani, Ângela Taís Mattei, Wendy Julia Mariano Viante, Carina Bortolato-Major
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, Vol 42 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1983-1447
DOI: 10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20190429
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective: To validate the construct and test the reliability of the Brazilian version of Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale. Methods: Methodological research with 220 participants in a primary health care unit from Curitiba, Paraná. The data were collected with a social demographic questionnaire and the Brazilian version of the scale. The construct validity and reliability were assessed using Cronbach’s Alpha, Pearson’s Correlation and Analysis of Variance. The discriminant validity was verified comparing groups of people with hypertension and without, using T test. Results: Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.74. The groups comparison showed that people with hypertension had better results (p
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