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Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire: Psychometric properties assessment of the Arabic version.



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Abstract

PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to report the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire (BCSBQ). METHODS: A convenience sample of 251 Arabic-Australian women was recruited from a number of Arabic community organizations. Construct validity was examined by Cuzick's non-parametric test while Cronbach alpha was used to assess internal consistency reliability. Explanatory factor analysis was conducted to study the factor structure. RESULTS: The results indicated that the Arabic version of the BCSBQ had satisfactory validity and internal consistency. The Cronbach's alpha of the three subscales ranged between 0.810 and 0.93. The frequency of breast cancer screening practices (breast awareness, clinical breast-examination and mammography) were significantly associated with attitudes towards general health check-up and perceived barriers to mammographic screening. Exploratory factor analysis showed a similar fit for the hypothesized three-factor structure with our data set. CONCLUSIONS: The Arabic version of the BCBSQ is a culturally appropriate, valid and reliable instrument for assessing the beliefs, knowledge and attitudes to breast cancer and breast cancer screening practices among Arabic-Australian women.


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Kwok, C., G. Endrawes, and C.F. Lee, Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire: Psychometric properties assessment of the Arabic version. Eur J Oncol Nurs, 2016. 20: p. 42-8.


Methodology

Methods Condition Gender Age Country Setting Sample size
Arabic-Australian women Female 18 - 70 Australia
Commuinty 251

Number of items

13 items

Training

Measure does not require training

Required time

Less than 5 min

Access measure

C.Kwok@uws.edu.au






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