Comprehensive breast cancer knowledge test : validity and reliability

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Title Comprehensive breast cancer knowledge test : validity and reliability
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Stager, Jennifer Lou.
Date 1991-08
Description Two subscales for a breast cancer knowledge test were developed and tested to be used (a) in determining a woman's general knowledge of breast cancer (i.e., risk factors and epidemiology) and her knowledge of breast cancer curability, and (b) in exploring the relationship between knowledge of breast cancer and utilization of screening practices. These subscales were designed to be used in conjunction with the Breast Cancer Knowledge Test (BCKT), which assesses screening and detection knowledge. The instrument was submitted to four experts in the field of oncology to establish content validity. Reliability testing was conducted on a random sample of 182 women. Internal consistency reliability for the posttested General Knowledge subscale was .60, and for the Curability subscale was .62. The overall alpha coefficient was .71. In combination with the BCKT, these subscales can be used by researchers studying the relationship between knowledge and screening practices.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Mass Screening; Research Design; Risk Factors
Subject MESH Breast Neoplasms; Breast Self-Examination; Health Behavior; Health Promotion
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of " The Comprehensive breast cancer knowledge test : validity and reliability". Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library.
Rights Management © Jennifer Lou Stager.
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Source Original University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available)
Funding/Fellowship University of Utah Graduate School and Nurses Educational Funds Inc.
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