The development of the Agricultural Producer Barriers to Care Scale (APBCS).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to identify and test the factor structure of the Agricultural Producer Barriers to Care Scale (APBCS), which assesses barriers to engaging with health care in rural US farmers.

Methods

Respondents (n = 1045) completed an online survey that was distributed digitally and in-person by researchers and community partners at farming events and via farm-related social media. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were used to assess the underlying factor structure of the APBCS, and McDonald's omega coefficients were calculated to test the reliability of each factor and the instrument as a whole. Data analysis was conducted in SPSS 28.0 and MPlus Version 7.4.

Findings

The exploratory factor analysis (n = 689) indicated a four-factor

SUBMITTER: Hopkins N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635400 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature