Key result
The developed questionnaire demonstrated acceptable validity and reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.65-0.85, ICC 0.56-0.88) for assessing primary healthcare providers' knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding hypertension.
Why the study?
Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) instruments are lacking to assess knowledge gaps and identify barriers among primary health-care providers for effective national program implementation.
Cross-Sectional (n=200)
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A newly developed KAP questionnaire demonstrated acceptable validity and reliability for assessing primary healthcare providers' perceptions and practices regarding hypertension in rural India.
May support KAP assessment in primary hypertension care; leaves open broader validation and clinical utility.
BACKGROUND: Primary health-care providers can play a crucial role in the prevention and early detection of non-communicable diseases. Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) survey of primary health-care providers is needed to assess their gaps in knowledge, and identify barriers for effective implementation of the national program. However, such KAP instruments are lacking. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to develop, validate and assess the reliability of a questionnaire to determine the KAPs of primary health-care providers about hypertension and associated comorbidities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted in the following steps: item construction and psychometric testing, by validity and reliability analysis. RESULTS: < 0.00) for practice sections indicating moderate-to-good correlations. Overall, the instrument developed had acceptable validity and reliability. CONCLUSION: Overall, the instrument developed had acceptable validity and reliability to assess the perceptions and practices of primary healthcare providers about prevention and control of hypertension and associated comorbidities in the community.
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Dey et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension and associated comorbidities (n=200). KAP questionnaire on hypertension and comorbidities was evaluated on Validity and reliability of the KAP questionnaire. The developed questionnaire demonstrated acceptable validity and reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.65-0.85, ICC 0.56-0.88) for assessing primary healthcare providers' knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding hypertension.
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