ArticleBMJ open2014
Identifying hopelessness in population research: a validation study of two brief measures of hopelessness.
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Abstract
objectiveHopelessness is an important construct in psychosocial epidemiology, but there is great pressure on the length of questionnaire measures in large-scale population and clinical studies. We examined the validity and test-retest reliability of two brief measures of hopelessness, an existing negatively worded two-item measure of hopelessness (Brief-H-Neg) and a positively worded version of the same instrument (Brief-H-Pos).
designCohort study.
settingControl arm of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening.
participantsA non-clinical research-based sample of 5000 postmenopausal women selected from 56 512 participants. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Spearman's rank correlation of brief measures of hopelessness with the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). Spearman's rank correlation with the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and change in mean score on repeat testing.
methodsTwo short hopelessness measures, a negatively worded brief measure of hopelessness (Brief-H-Neg) and a positively worded brief measure of hopelessness (Brief-H-Pos), were administered by postal questionnaire to 5000 women together with the 20-item BHS and 20-item CES-D. The Brief-H-Neg and Brief-H-Pos were readministered to 500 women after a 2-week interval.
results2413 postmenopausal women (mean age 68.9 years) completed the questionnaire. The Brief-H-Neg and Brief-H-Pos correlated 0.93 and 0.87 with the BHS after correction for attenuation and their association with the CES-D mirrored that seen with the BHS (Spearman's rank correlation 0.88 and 0.68, respectively). There was no change in mean scores on the two measures with repeat testing in the 433 women who completed them and test-retest reliability was good (intraclass correlations Brief-H-Neg 0.67 and Brief-H-Pos 0.72).
conclusionsThese findings provide support for the validity of the Brief-H-Neg and Brief-H-Pos. These brief measures are likely to be useful in large population studies assessing hopelessness. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00058032.
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