A content validity and cognitive interview process to evaluate an Illness Perception Questionnaire for African Americans with type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) is the only available and empirically validated tool used to gain insight into patient illness beliefs. However, the IPQ has reliability and validity problems when used with African Americans (AAs) and needs to be culturally-adapted and validated for use with this group. This study aimed to utilize findings from focus groups to culturally adapt the IPQ for use in AAs with diabetes. Ten cognitive interviews among AAs with type 2 diabetes explored patients' interpretation and understanding of the adapted IPQ.

Results

Forty-four new survey items were added to the IPQ. Twenty-nine of the forty-four items were determined as the appropriate number of questions to be tested because of time, and to reduce respondent burden. After

SUBMITTER: Shiyanbola OO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543586 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature