The Health Beliefs Scale for Hypertensive patients: Construction and Psychometric Testing
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
Background: The Health Belief Model is a theoretical framework that has been used to explain and predict compliance behaviors. The objective was to develop and validate a self-report Health Beliefs Scale for Hypertensive Patients (HBSHP), which measured the health beliefs of hypertensive patients,in accordance with the tenets of the Health Belief Model (HBM). Method: The study involved five phases of item construction, content validation, field testing, factor analysis and the establishment of the reliability and validity of HBSHP. The scale was tested on 200 hypertensive adults in the age range of 22-70 years and the development and initial testing of the psychometric properties of the scale was carried out. Results: The principal components analysis method identified five factors viz. perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers and perceived self-efficacy, which were in accordance with hypothesized theoretical groupings. The reliability and validity analyses were found to be satisfactory. Conclusion: There have been few standardized scales to measure the components of the Health Belief Model. Hence the HBSHP can serve to quantify health beliefs, according to the tenets of the HBM providing a holistic approach, to the effective management of hypertension.
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Rithuma Oruganti, Swathi Paidipati, Manjunath Dinaker
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