• Atencion primaria · Aug 2016

    [Design and validation of a questionnaire to assess the level of general knowledge on eating disorders in students of Health Sciences].

    • Violeida Sánchez Socarrás, Alicia Aguilar Martínez, Cristina Vaqué Crusellas, Raimon Milá Villarroel, and Fabián González Rivas.
    • Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Vic-Universidad Central de Cataluña, Campus Manresa (U-Manresa), Barcelona, España. Electronic address: vsanchez@fub.edu.
    • Aten Primaria. 2016 Aug 1; 48 (7): 468478468-78.

    ObjectiveTo design and validate a questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge regarding eating disorders in college students.DesignObservational, prospective, and longitudinal study, with the design of the questionnaire based on a conceptual review and validation by a cognitive pre-test and pilot test-retest, with analysis of the psychometric properties in each application.LocationUniversity Foundation of Bages, Barcelona. Marco community care.ParticipantsA total of 140 students from Health Sciences; 53 women and 87 men with a mean age of 21.87 years; 28 participated in the pre-test and 112 in the test-retests, 110 students completed the study.Main MeasurementsValidity and stability study using Cronbach α and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient statistics; relationship skills with sex and type of study, non-parametric statistical Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests; for demographic variables, absolute or percentage frequencies, as well as mean, central tendency and standard deviation as measures of dispersion were calculated. The statistical significance level was 95% confidence.ResultsThe questionnaire was obtained that had 10 questions divided into four dimensions (classification, demographics characteristics of patients, risk factors and clinical manifestations of eating disorders). The scale showed good internal consistency in its final version (Cronbach α=0.724) and adequate stability (Pearson correlation 0.749).ConclusionsThe designed tool can be accurately used to assess Health Sciences students' knowledge of eating disorders.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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