TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric Testing of a Cardiovascular Disease Fatalism Instrument Among Adults With Cardiovascular Disease Risks
AU - Adegboyega, Adebola
AU - Chung, Misook L.
AU - Moser, Debra K.
AU - Mudd-Martin, Gia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2021 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: We modified a general health fatalism instrument to examine cardiovascular disease (CVD) fatalism because there is no specific CVD fatalism instrument (CVD-FI). Methods: Adults with two or more CVD risk factors completed a 20-item CVD-FI rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Higher scores indicated higher CVD fatalism. Reliability and construct validity of the CVD-FI were examined using Cronbach's alpha, factor analysis, and hypothesis testing using correlation respectively. Results: Cronbach's alpha was 0.89 supporting internal consistency. Hypothesis that individuals with lower adherence to healthy lifestyle will have high fatalism score was supported (Pearson's r = -0.151; p =.001), and factor analysis yielded a 4-factor solution. Conclusions: CVD-FI is a reliable and valid measure of CVD fatalism. More research is needed to confirm the emergent 4-factor solution of CVD fatalism.
AB - Background: We modified a general health fatalism instrument to examine cardiovascular disease (CVD) fatalism because there is no specific CVD fatalism instrument (CVD-FI). Methods: Adults with two or more CVD risk factors completed a 20-item CVD-FI rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Higher scores indicated higher CVD fatalism. Reliability and construct validity of the CVD-FI were examined using Cronbach's alpha, factor analysis, and hypothesis testing using correlation respectively. Results: Cronbach's alpha was 0.89 supporting internal consistency. Hypothesis that individuals with lower adherence to healthy lifestyle will have high fatalism score was supported (Pearson's r = -0.151; p =.001), and factor analysis yielded a 4-factor solution. Conclusions: CVD-FI is a reliable and valid measure of CVD fatalism. More research is needed to confirm the emergent 4-factor solution of CVD fatalism.
KW - cardiovascular disease
KW - fatalism
KW - psychometric
KW - reliability
KW - validity
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U2 - 10.1891/JNM-D-19-00057
DO - 10.1891/JNM-D-19-00057
M3 - Article
C2 - 33593992
AN - SCOPUS:85104348478
SN - 1061-3749
VL - 29
SP - 153
EP - 165
JO - Journal of Nursing Measurement
JF - Journal of Nursing Measurement
IS - 1
ER -
