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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Measuring knowledge of patients with congenital heart disease and their parents: Validity of the 'Leuven Knowledge Questionnaire for Congenital Heart Disease'
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Volume 11, No. 1, Year 2012
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Background: Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and their parents need to have sufficient knowledge on their condition, treatment, medication, and preventive measures. The Leuven Knowledge Questionnaire for Congenital Heart Disease (LKQCHD) was developed to comprehensively measure the level of knowledge in patients with CHD. Aims: This study aimed to translate the LKQCHD into Chinese and to test its validity to be used in patients with CHD and their parents. Method: Questionnaire translation was guided by a three-step linguistic validation method. Evidence based on test content and on relation with other variables was obtained. For test content, we included five experts in CHD and research methods. Furthermore, the instrument was tested in 89 pairs of adolescents with CHD and their parents. Results: We found a high item-level content validity index (>0.78 in all except two items), high scale-level content validity index (>0.90), high free-marginal multirater Kappa (>0.75), and low average proportion of missing values (0.49% in adolescents; 0.51% in parents), showing an excellent content validity. The hypothesized positive correlations between parental knowledge and parental educational level and between patient's knowledge and patient's age, as well as the hypothesis that parents have more knowledge than their children, were confirmed. This provides validity evidence based on relation with other variables. Conclusions: The Chinese version of the LKQCHD is valid to assess the level of knowledge in patients with CHD and their parents. © The European Society of Cardiology 2012.
Authors & Co-Authors
Yang, Hsiao-Ling
Taiwan, Taipei
National Taiwan University
Wang, Jou Kou
Taiwan, Taipei
National Taiwan University Hospital
Gau, Bihshya
Taiwan, Taipei
National Taiwan University
Chen, Chiwen
Taiwan, New Taipei City
Fu Jen Catholic University
Moons, Philip
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Denmark, Copenhagen
Copenhagen University Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 26
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/1474515111429662
ISSN:
18731953
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Noncommunicable Diseases