Development of a Comprehensive Heart Disease Knowledge Questionnaire

Abstract

Background Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the United States, yet a comprehensive and evidence-based heart disease knowledge assessment is currently not available. Purpose This paper describes the 2 phase development of a novel heart disease knowledge questionnaire. Methods After review and critique of the existing literature, a questionnaire addressing 5 central domains of heart disease knowledge was constructed. In Phase I, 606 undergraduates completed a 82-item questionnaire. In Phase II, 248 undergraduates completed a revised 74-item questionnaire. In both phases, item clarity and difficulty were evaluated, along with the overall factor structure of the scale. Results Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to reduce the scale to 30 items with fit statistics, CFI = .82, TLI = .88, and RMSEA = .03. Scores were correlated moderately positively with an existing scale and weakly positively with a measure of health literacy, thereby establishing both convergent and divergent validity. Discussion The finalized 30-item questionnaire is a concise, yet discriminating instrument that reliably measures participants' heart disease knowledge levels. Translation to Health Education Practice Health professionals can use this scale to assess their patients' heart disease knowledge so that they can create a tailored program to help their patients reduce their heart disease risk.

The relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and knowledge of cardiovascular disease in African men in the North-West Province

“…1e79). Before prevention programs and policies can be developed, the gap between CV risk factors and CVD knowledge has to be determined (Bergman et al, 2011).…”

“…In the context of the study the term CVD knowledge refers to the information that an individual has about CVD, and the possible risk factors contributing to the development of CVD. CV risk factor knowledge are very important for making decisions about health (Bergman et al, 2011).…”

“…CVD will continue to be a health threat unless the CV risk factors at population level are identified and actions implemented to reduce their impact (Bergman, Reeve, Moser, Scholl, & Klein, 2011). It is therefore important for individuals to be able to identify their own risks and susceptibility by having acquired knowledge (Deaton et al, 2011).…”

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“…It can be noted that recent studies involving the development of new questionnaires are following these steps (Farias et al, 2008;Buysse et al, 2010;Bergman et al, 2011;Giesler et al, 2011;Marant et al, 2011;Young et al, 2011). These studies showed the steps of literature review on the topic being discussed and literature review on other scales that could be used for the same purpose.…”

“…These studies showed the steps of literature review on the topic being discussed and literature review on other scales that could be used for the same purpose. Furthermore, some researchers consulted experts with experience on the area of interest during the selection of domains and items (Farias et al, 2008;Bergman et al, 2011); others conducted focus groups and semi-structured interviews to obtain relevant information for the generation of items (Buysse et al, 2010;Young et al, 2011); and others have conducted interviews with a sample of the target population in order to obtain important suggestions during the developing of the conceptual model of the questionnaire (Giesler et al, 2011;Marant et al, 2011).…”