Development of the Health Awareness and Behaviour Tool (HABiT): reliability and suitability for a Canadian older adult population.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Determining the effectiveness of community-based health promotion and disease prevention programs requires an appropriate data collection tool. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive health questionnaire for older adults, called the HABiT, and evaluate its reliability, content validity, and face validity in assessing individual health-related items (e.g., health status, healthcare utilization) and five specific scales: knowledge, current health behaviors (risk factors), health-related quality of life (HRQoL), perceived risk and understanding, and self-efficacy. METHODS:Iterative survey development and evaluation of its psychometric properties in a convenience sample of 28 older adults (≥ 55 years old), half from a low-income population. Following item generation, the questi

SUBMITTER: Agarwal G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6892189 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature