Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a scale for measure health beliefs about drug use and test psychometric properties of the scale. Methods: The research was methodological study design. A convenience sample of 210 women at a primary health care centre completed a structured questionnaire including the health beliefs related drug use scale for women in 2012. The researchers visited primary health care centre on 5 working days in every week and conducted interviews with the women. The researchers invited the women participate to the study. Results: In the assessment of construct validity, six factors were identified; they related perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, health motivation, perceived benefit, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy. The overall internal coefficient of this scale was 0.91. The drug use health beliefs is a six-factors instrument specifically developed to support research of health beliefs related conscious and prescription drug use. The scale has adequate validity and reliability and a high level of acceptability for this sample group. Conclusion: The present study provided evidence of the drug use health beliefs scale validity and reliability. The drug use health beliefs scale can be used to assess aspects of health beliefs for conscious and prescription drug use and in researches.

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