Risk Perception on Cardiovascular Disease Among  Adults in Rural Population in Malaysia: A Pilot Study  on Translation and Validation of the Risk and Health  Behaviour Questionnaire.

Nazar Mohd Zabadi b Mohd Azahar; Ambigga S Krishnapillai; Mohd Shahril Ahmad Saman; Khalid Yusoff

Volume : IV, Issue : II, February - 2014

Risk Perception on Cardiovascular Disease Among Adults in Rural Population in Malaysia: A Pilot Study on Translation and Validation of the Risk and Health Behaviour Questionnaire.

Nazar Mohd Zabadi B Mohd Azahar, Ambigga S Krishnapillai, Mohd Shahril Ahmad Saman, Khalid Yusoff

Abstract :

Introduction: Perception of cardiovascular disease among adults in Malaysia has not been studied until recently. Risk perception is an important component to ing about changes to unhealthy lifestyle practices. This study aims to translate, validate and measure the psychometric properties of the questionnaire.

Methods: A modified Risk and Health Behaviour Questionnaire was administered to 30 respondents aged between 30-70 years. The questionnaire had been back-to-back translated into Bahasa Malaysia by a local translator with advice from experts. Reliability was assessed using corrected item-total correlation and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.

Results: The scale has high value for Cronbach’s alpha (α=0.972). Each item correlates well with total scale since all the individual items have values of more than 0.3. Item no 12 has the lowest value for Corrected Item-Total Correlation but deletion of this item does not change the Alpha value.

Conclusion: The translated version of the Risk and Health Behaviour Questionnaire has high reliability and good internal consistency. This questionnaire is as reliable as its original version.