Development and validation of the health belief model questionnaire to promote smoking cessation for nasopharyngeal cancer prevention: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Lifestyle-induced nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a serious but preventable risk factor. This study serves to develop and validate a questionnaire that aims to predict the health behavioural intention on smoking cessation in Sarawak, Malaysia using the Health Belief Model (HBM).

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Urban and suburban areas in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Participants

The preliminary items of the instrument were developed after extensive literature review. The instrument was translated into the Malay language using the forward-backwards method before commencing with the content validity by a panel of 10 experts. Face validity was done both quantitatively and qualitatively by 10 smokers. The construct validity of the instrument was evaluated throu

SUBMITTER: Kueh MTW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476129 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature