Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Instrument for Assessing Cardiac Patients’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Beliefs regarding Heart Attack

Hayedeh Rezaei; Dashty Ismil Jamil; Abbas Ebadi; Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh

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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Instrument for Assessing Cardiac Patients’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Beliefs regarding Heart Attack

Author(s):

Hayedeh Rezaei

¹,

Dashty Ismil Jamil

²,

Abbas Ebadi

³,

Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh

^4,*

1Student Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, IR Iran

2Department of Health and Hospital Administration, Lebanese French University, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq

3Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Lifestyle Institute, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran

4Clinical Care Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, IR Iran

International Cardiovascular Research Journal:Vol. 13, issue 2; 68-74

Published online:Jun 30, 2019

Article type:Research Article

Received:Sep 22, 2018

Accepted:May 04, 2019

How to Cite:Hayedeh RezaeiDashty Ismil JamilAbbas EbadiReza Ghanei GheshlaghPsychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Instrument for Assessing Cardiac Patients’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Beliefs regarding Heart Attack.Int Cardiovasc Res J.13(2):e84462.

Abstract

Background:

Patients’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about heart attack can affect the treatment process and their request for help during heart attacks. A valid and reliable instrument is required to examine cardiac patients’ knowledge, attitude, and beliefs.

Objectives:

This study aimed to translate and develop a reliable Persian version of the instrument for assessing cardiac patients’ knowledge, attitude, and beliefs regarding heart attack.

Methods:

In this methodological study, 306 patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) were selected via convenience sampling to fill out the Persian version of the instrument for assessing cardiac patients’ knowledge, attitude, and beliefs regarding heart attack. This instrument was translated based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines. Face, content, and construct validities of the instrument were assessed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Its reliability was also assessed using McDonald’s omega and the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.

Results:

Exploratory factor analysis led to the extraction of two factors in the attitude dimension, including ‘recognition of symptoms’ and ‘request for help’, which explained 77.31% of the total variance together. In the belief dimension, three factors were extracted that accounted for 49.59% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the goodness of fit of the two-factor model of attitude (RMSEA = 0.033, CFI = 1.00, NFI = 0.99, and PNFI = 0.40) and the three-factor model of belief (RMSEA = 0.038, CFI = 0.96, NFI = 0.89, PNFI = 0.54). Based on the Kuder-Richardson formula, the reliability of the knowledge dimension was reported as 0.938. The reliability of the two knowledge dimensions and the three attitude dimensions were reported as 0.776, 0.962, 0.527, 0.317, and 0.665, respectively. In addition, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.810, 0.904, 0.798, 0.757, and 0.906 were found for these dimensions, respectively.

Conclusion:

The Persian version of the instrument for assessing cardiac patients’ knowledge, attitude, and beliefs regarding heart attack had good validity and reliability. Therefore, it can be used in future studies on cardiac patients.

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