The Moyamoya Health Behavior Scale for Adolescent Patients: Measurement Tool Development and Psychometric Evaluation

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Sung-Hyun Lim¹  Won-oak Oh¹  Kyu-won Shim²  Dong-Seok Kim²  Insun Yeom² 

[1] College of Nursing, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02481, Korea;Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Severance Children’s Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, 50-1 Yeonse-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea;

关键词: moyamoya disease;    adolescent;    health behavior;    psychometrics;    safety evaluation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph18084064

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Clinical practitioners treating moyamoya disease recognize the need for a systematic approach to better manage the disease in adolescent patients with the disease. Methods: This study aimed to develop and evaluate the validity and reliability of a disease scale which measures the health-related behaviors of adolescents with moyamoya disease. Results: The final 12-item Moyamoya-HB Scale for adolescents was categorized by three sub-domains: implementation of treatment for moyamoya disease (four items); health promoting behavior for moyamoya disease (four items); and health coping behavior for moyamoya disease (four items). Overall, these factors explained 68.97% of the total variance. The results of the confirmative factor analysis supported the construct, convergent and discriminant validity of the three sub-domains. The Moyamoya-HB Scale for adolescents also demonstrated a concurrent validity with the Korean Adolescents’ Health Behaviors Tool (r = 0.59, p < 0.001). Reliability analysis showed an acceptable-to-high Cronbach’s alpha of 0.865 in total, and the subscales ranged from 0.800 to 0.841. Conclusions: Initial findings support the Moyamoya-HB Scale as a reliable and valid measure of health behaviors in adolescents with moyamoya disease.

【 授权许可】

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