Author, as appears in the article.: Esteva, Magdalena Ripoll, Joana Sanchez-Contador, Carmen Collado, Francisca Tebe, Cristian Castano, Eusebi Torrent, Matias

Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

URV's Author/s: TEBÉ CORDOMÍ, CRISTIAN

Keywords: Adoption Age Breast Neoplasms Health Behavior Health Belief Model Knowledge Mammography Mass Screening mass screening. mammography Perceptions Scale Scales Stage Validation Studies Women

Abstract: Objectives: To adapt the health belief model on breast cancer screening to Spanish, and to asses its validity and reliability. Methods: We assessed validation of a scale with 3 dimensions (susceptibility, benefits and barriers) with Likert responses in a case-control study. Cases were women not participating in a breast cancer screening program and controls consisted of participating women. A process of translation and back-translation was carried out and a technical committee analyzed discrepancies. Comprehension was tested in 17 women. Two hundred seventy-four women participated in the study. In 32 of these women, the questionnaire was administered twice after a 1-month interval to estimate its reliability. Results: The intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.89, 0.70 and 0.90, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.71, 0.48 and 0.57 for susceptibility, benefits and barriers, respectively Construct validity: from the factorial analysis, 3 factors were obtained explaining 34% of the variance. The confirmatory factorial analysis indicated acceptable goodness-of-fit of the data to the theoretical model. Older women perceived less susceptibility to breast cancer as well as greater barriers to attending screening. Women with a lower educational level perceived greater barriers. The scale did not seem to predict adherence to the program. Conclusions: The adapted scale presents problems of validity and internal consistency. The dimensions of benefits and barriers require thorough adaptation and validation before the scale is used in Spanish women.

Thematic Areas: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: cristian.tebe@urv.cat

ISSN: 02139111

Author identifier: 0000-0003-2320-1385

Record's date: 2020-07-13

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0213911107720253

Papper original source: GACETA SANITARIA. (ISSN/ISBN: 02139111). 21(4): 282-289

APA: Esteva, Magdalena; Ripoll, Joana; Sanchez-Contador, Carmen; Collado, Francisca; Tebe, Cristian; Castano, Eusebi; Torrent, Matias (2007). Adaptation and validation of a questionnaire on susceptibility, benefits and barriers in breast cancer screening with mammography. , 21(4), 282-289. DOI: 10.1157/13108499

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Article's DOI: 10.1157/13108499

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2007

Publication Type: Journal Publications