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ArticleBMC geriatrics2024

Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Hypertension Belief Assessment Tool.

Xue Yang, Yujin Mei, Yuqing Li, Xiaoyun Zhang, Jiaofeng Gui, Ying Wang, Wenyue Chen, Mingjia Chen, Changjun Liu, Lin Zhang

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Article in BMC geriatrics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xue YangSchool of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, 22 Wenchang West Road, Higher Education Park, 241002, Wuhu City, An Hui Province, P.R. China.
Yujin MeiSchool of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, 22 Wenchang West Road, Higher Education Park, 241002, Wuhu City, An Hui Province, P.R. China.
Yuqing LiSchool of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, 22 Wenchang West Road, Higher Education Park, 241002, Wuhu City, An Hui Province, P.R. China.
Xiaoyun ZhangSchool of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, 22 Wenchang West Road, Higher Education Park, 241002, Wuhu City, An Hui Province, P.R. China.
Jiaofeng GuiSchool of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, 22 Wenchang West Road, Higher Education Park, 241002, Wuhu City, An Hui Province, P.R. China.
Ying WangSchool of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, 22 Wenchang West Road, Higher Education Park, 241002, Wuhu City, An Hui Province, P.R. China.
Wenyue ChenSchool of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, 22 Wenchang West Road, Higher Education Park, 241002, Wuhu City, An Hui Province, P.R. China.
Mingjia ChenSchool of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, 22 Wenchang West Road, Higher Education Park, 241002, Wuhu City, An Hui Province, P.R. China.
Changjun LiuSchool of Marxism, Jinzhou Medical University, No. 40, Section 3, Songpo Road, Linghe District, 121001, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, P.R. China.
Lin ZhangDepartment of Internal Medicine Nursing, School of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, 22 Wenchang West Road, Higher Education Park, 241002, Wuhu City, An Hui Province, P.R. China. yaoran2008@163.com.
Wannan Medical College · CNJinzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

Creation of International Rules for China's Participation in Global Health Governance and Path Selection 21yjcgjw006Internal Medicine Nursing Teaching Team 2021jxtd02National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students 202210368016Research Practice of Elderly Nursing 2021shsjkc030the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students 202310368032the Support Program for Outstanding Young Talents from the Universities and Colleges of Anhui Province gxyqZD2021118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypertension is prevalent in China. Hypertensive patients suffer from many health problems in life. Hypertension is a common chronic disease with long-term and lifelong characteristics. In the long run, the existence of chronic diseases will affect the patient's own health beliefs. However, people's health beliefs about Hypertension are not explicit. Therefore, it is vital to find a suitable instrument to comprehend and improve the health beliefs of hypertensive patients, thus, better control of blood pressure and improvement of patient's quality of life are now crucial issues. This study aimed to translate the Hypertension Belief Assessment Tool (HBAT) into Chinese and examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Hypertension Belief Assessment Tool in hypertensive patients.

methodsThis is a cross-sectional study. We translated the HBAT into Chinese and tested the reliability and validity of the Chinese version among 325 hypertensive patients.

resultsThe Chinese version of the scale contains 21 items. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) revealed six factors and explained 77.898% of the total variation. A six-factor model eventually showed acceptable fit indices in the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). With modified Confirmatory Factor Analysis, the fit indices were Chi-square/Degree of Freedom (CMIN/DF) = 2.491, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.952, Incremental Fit Index (IFI) = 0.952, Root-mean-square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.068, Tucker Lewis Index (TLI) = 0.941. The HBAT exhibits high internal consistency reliability (0.803), and the scale has good discriminant validity.

conclusionThe results suggest that the HBAT is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the beliefs of Chinese hypertensive patients.

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HypertensionPsychometricsAdultAgedChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesBeliefsHBATHypertensive patientsReliabilityValidity

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PMID38664606
PMCPMC11046863
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