Background:A relevant questionnaire that evaluates disease awareness of patients with re-mitted schizophrenia is lacking in China.Objective:The purpose of the current study was to develop a questionnaire suitable for ...Background:A relevant questionnaire that evaluates disease awareness of patients with re-mitted schizophrenia is lacking in China.Objective:The purpose of the current study was to develop a questionnaire suitable for eval-uating the disease knowledge-attitude-practice awareness on the part of patients with remitted schizophrenia,thus providing a reliable tool for evaluating patient knowledge of the disease and self-management ability.Methods:To establish a theoretical framework,the literature was reviewed,experts were con-sulted,a semi-structured interview was conducted,and a questionnaire survey was administered to prepare a questionnaire for disease knowledge-attitude-practice awareness on the part of patients with remitted schizophrenia.Results:Exploratory factor analysis showed that the questionnaire consists of four dimen-sions:etiology awareness;risk factor awareness;treatment awareness;and rehabilitation aware-ness.The four dimensions account for 56.6%of the total variability.Confirmatory factor anal-ysis showed that the fitting indices for the structural equation model are as follows:df=1.187;GFI=0.877;AGFI=0.856;and RMSEA=0.030.The total Cronbach a factor for the questionnaire was 0.878.The Cronbach a for each dimension was 0.59-0.81.Conclusion:The questionnaire for disease knowledge-attitude-practice awareness on the part of patients with remitted schizophrenia has better reliability and validity.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 71173065)the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region[2013MS1175].
文摘Background:A relevant questionnaire that evaluates disease awareness of patients with re-mitted schizophrenia is lacking in China.Objective:The purpose of the current study was to develop a questionnaire suitable for eval-uating the disease knowledge-attitude-practice awareness on the part of patients with remitted schizophrenia,thus providing a reliable tool for evaluating patient knowledge of the disease and self-management ability.Methods:To establish a theoretical framework,the literature was reviewed,experts were con-sulted,a semi-structured interview was conducted,and a questionnaire survey was administered to prepare a questionnaire for disease knowledge-attitude-practice awareness on the part of patients with remitted schizophrenia.Results:Exploratory factor analysis showed that the questionnaire consists of four dimen-sions:etiology awareness;risk factor awareness;treatment awareness;and rehabilitation aware-ness.The four dimensions account for 56.6%of the total variability.Confirmatory factor anal-ysis showed that the fitting indices for the structural equation model are as follows:df=1.187;GFI=0.877;AGFI=0.856;and RMSEA=0.030.The total Cronbach a factor for the questionnaire was 0.878.The Cronbach a for each dimension was 0.59-0.81.Conclusion:The questionnaire for disease knowledge-attitude-practice awareness on the part of patients with remitted schizophrenia has better reliability and validity.
