Key result
Novel BP Knowledge Scale shows acceptable validity in African Americans, but Self-Care Scale yields mixed results.
Why the study?
Instruments measuring blood pressure knowledge and self-care behaviors among African Americans required development and preliminary psychometric assessment.
Observational (n=306)
The newly developed BP Knowledge Scale and BP Self-Care Scale demonstrate acceptable psychometric properties and may have clinical utility for assessing hypertension management behaviors in African Americans.
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May support hypertension knowledge assessment in African Americans; leaves open the BP Self-Care Scale's validity and utility pending further validation.
Peters et al. (2008) conducted an observational in Blood pressure (n=306). BP Knowledge Scale and BP Self-Care Scale was evaluated on Reliability and validity of the BP Knowledge Scale and BP Self-Care Scale. The BP Knowledge Scale demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity in 306 African Americans, while the BP Self-Care Scale showed mixed results and an unexpected positive correlation with BP.
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