Developing and validating a questionnaire to assess an individual's perceived risk of four major non-communicable diseases in Myanmar.

ABSTRACT: Adopting healthy lifestyles is greatly influenced by an individual's perceived risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire that can assess an individual's perceived risk of developing four major NCDs. We used the exploratory sequential mixed methods design. The qualitative part developed a questionnaire by two rounds of Delphi expert panels. The quantitative part validated the questionnaire using both exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). We used separate samples for EFA (n = 150) and CFA (n = 210). The participants were aged between 25-60 years of both sexes with no known history of NCDs, and face-to-face interviews were conducted. First, we generated an 86-item questionnaire based on the health belief m

SUBMITTER: Mya KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8078785 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature