Psychometric properties of the health-promoting lifestyle profile II: cross-cultural validation of the Malay language version

Nho

Psychology in the Schools

2020

This study aimed to test a hypothetical path model estimating the influence of Type D personality on health‐promoting behaviors (HPB), subjective health status, and quality of life (QoL) in university students, and to verify the mediating effects of HPB and subjective health status between Type D personality and QoL. A structural equation model involving 380 university students was used. Data were collected between November and December 2018 via structured questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and Amos 23.0. The model's fit indices were adequate. Type D personality had a direct effect on QoL and an indirect effect on QoL via HPB and subjective health status. Type D personality, HPB, and subjective health status explained 67.6% of the total variance in QoL. Intervention programs that consider Type D personality, HPB, and subjective health status may be useful to improve university students' QoL.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Influence of Type D personality on quality of life in university students: The mediating effect of health‐promoting behavior and subjective health status

Nho

Psychology in the Schools

2020

“…A descriptive crosssectional study with Portuguese adolescents was conducted and found Cronbach coefficients for the subscales of health Responsibility to be 0.825 and Positive Life Perspective to be 0.810 [42]. Consistent with the findings is another study done among Malaysian undergraduate that found the constructs health responsibility and spiritual Growth had a Cronbach coefficient of 0.87 and 0.81 respectively [43]. Finally, an Iranian study found health responsibility had a Cronbach alpha of 0.84 and spiritual growth had a Cronbach of 0.83 [44].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Psychometric Properties of The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II: Validation of the Self-Realization and Health Responsibility Constructs Among Kenyan University Students

Olutende¹,

Wanzala²,

Wamukoya³

2019

SJNHC

Objective: The main aim of this study was to establish psychometric properties of the subscales self-realization and health responsibility of the health-promoting lifestyle profile II tool among Kenyan university students Design: The study design was a cross-sectional analytical, that utilized quantitative methods Setting. The study was conducted in Kakamega County, located in Western Kenya. Analysis: Data were analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis, which was conducted using robust maximum likelihood estimation. The factor model was tested for validity and construct validity. Main outcome measures: subscales self-realization and health responsibility of the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II Results: The items for self-realization and health responsibility had a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.72 and 0.80, indicating acceptable reliability. For self-realization, the results of the Chi-square goodness of fit test were significant, χ2(27) = 251.61, p < .001, suggesting that the model did not adequately fit the data. The fit indices showed the RMSEA index was greater than .10, RMSEA = 0.20, 90% CI = [0.18, 0.22], which is indicative of a poor model fit. The CFI was less than .90, CFI = 0.52, suggesting that the model is indicative of a poor model fit. For health responsibility, the results of the Chi-square goodness of fit test were significant, χ2(20) = 272.58, p < .001, suggesting that the model did not adequately fit the data. Fit indices values showed the RMSEA index was greater than .10, RMSEA = 0.25, 90% CI = [0.22, 0.27], which is indicative of a poor model fit. The CFI was less than .90, CFI = 0.75, suggesting that the model is indicative of a poor model fit. Conclusion: In conclusion, within the limitations of this study, the results showed that confirmatory factor analysis could not well fit the items to their latent constructs. This study recommended that in future studies, a shortened version of this tool is subjected to psychometric investigation.

“…All these questionnaires examines health-promoting behaviors in adults and is not specific to pregnancy. Various studies have also used this questionnaire to measure health promoting behaviors in elderly and non-pregnant women (20,21).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Prenatal Health Behavior Scale (PHBS) is a self-report tool that has been introduced since 20 years ago and used in numerous studies (21,22). The questionnaire is used to assess health-related behavior during pregnancy, including smoking, diet, vitamin intake during pregnancy, sleep and exercise.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of the Prenatal Health Behavior Scale

Ghiasvand

Ozgoli

Kariman

2020

Preprint

Objective: Prenatal behavior, including nutrition, exercise, drug use and smoking, affects health of a pregnant woman and her fetus. Psychometric evaluation of the Prenatal Health Behavior Scale (PHBS) is important for developing research on measurement of such this behavior during pregnancy.Methods: The present descriptive study was conducted in 2018. The original version was in English, and was then translated into Persian after obtaining permission from tool designer and using Backward-Forward translation.The final Persian version included 240 pregnant mothers who were selected using random cluster sampling from hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran. The factor analysis methods (exploratory and confirmatory), Pearson correlation, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient by SPSSV19 and LISRELV8.80 were used to analyze research findings.Results: Content validity and face validity were assessed by survey of 10 experts and 20 pregnant mothers.In general, the CVI was 94%.The confirmatory factor analysis indicated that all factor loadings were appropriate and significant in the initial model. Furthermore, coefficient alpha was 0.932 for prenatal health promoting behavior and 0.935 for Health-impairing behaviors. The values were acceptable and indicated the high validity of tool in the Iranian sample.Conclusion: The research findings indicated that the Prenatal Health Behavior Scale (PHBS) had acceptable psychometric properties among Iranian pregnant women and could be used as a valid tool for assessing prenatal health behavior in Iran.