Development, test-retest reliability and validity of the Pharmacy Value-Added Services Questionnaire (PVASQ).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

(i) To develop the Pharmacy Value-Added Services Questionnaire (PVASQ) using emerging themes generated from interviews. (ii) To establish reliability and validity of questionnaire instrument.

Methods

Using an extended Theory of Planned Behavior as the theoretical model, face-to-face interviews generated salient beliefs of pharmacy value-added services. The PVASQ was constructed initially in English incorporating important themes and later translated into the Malay language with forward and backward translation. Intention (INT) to adopt pharmacy value-added services is predicted by attitudes (ATT), subjective norms (SN), perceived behavioral control (PBC), knowledge and expectations. Using a 7-point Likert-type scale and a dichotomous scale, test-retest reliability

SUBMITTER: Tan CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4582746 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature