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Validation of the Champion Health Belief Model Scale for an Investigation of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviour in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among women globally, including in Malaysia. There is a need to assess women's beliefs about BC and screening in different cultural settings. This study aimed to translate and validate an adapted version of the United States (US) Champion Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS) for an investigation of predictors of BC screening in Malaysia. The CHBMS was adapted, and forward and backward translated into the Malay language. The validity and reliability of the CHBMS-BC-M (M for Malay language) was investigated in a community sample of 251 multi-ethnic Malay-speaking women. Principal component analysis with varimax rotation indicated that the structure of the adapted CHBMS-BC-M comprised three subscales with 21 items, and an Item-Content Validity Index (I-CVI) of 0.83 and above for all items. The explanatory factor analysis (EFA) showed acceptable to high factor loadings on items. Cronbach's alpha for the subscales ranged from 0.59 to 0.87. The reproducibility of the scale was fair to high, with an Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) of 0.53 to 0.80 for the subscales. Overall, the analysis indicated that the translated CHBMS-BC-M is a valid and reliable scale to measure beliefs about BC and screening in the Malay-speaking ethnic population of Malaysia.

SUBMITTER: Htay MNN

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8431600 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Validation of the Champion Health Belief Model Scale for an Investigation of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviour in Malaysia.

Htay Mila Nu Nu MNN Schliemann Désirée D Dahlui Maznah M Cardwell Christopher R CR Loh Siew Yim SY Tamin Nor Saleha Binti Ibrahim NSBI Somasundaram Saunthari S Champion Victoria V Donnelly Michael M Su Tin Tin TT

International journal of environmental research and public health 20210903 17

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among women globally, including in Malaysia. There is a need to assess women's beliefs about BC and screening in different cultural settings. This study aimed to translate and validate an adapted version of the United States (US) Champion Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS) for an investigation of predictors of BC screening in Malaysia. The CHBMS was adapted, and forward and backward translated into the Malay language. The validity and reliability of th ...[more]

PMID: 34501903

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Project description:BackgroundWhile breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among Thai women, breast self-examination (BSE), mammography, and ultrasound use are still underutilized. There is a need to assess women's beliefs about breast cancer and screening in different cultural settings. As a result, a tool to measure the beliefs that influence breast-cancer-screening practices is needed. Champion's Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS) is a valid and reliable tool for assessing individuals' attitudes toward breast cancer and screening methods, but it has not been validated in Thai women. The study aimed to translate and validate the CHBMS for breast self-examination and mammography among Thai women and to modify the original scale by adding ultrasound items for breast cancer screening. In addition, the purpose of this study was to create a modified Thai version of the CHBMS which could be used to better understand patients' beliefs regarding breast cancer screening in Thailand, in order to develop practical and effective interventions suited to their beliefs.MethodsThe CHBMS was translated into Thai, validated by a panel of experts, back-translated, modified by adding content about ultrasound for screening breast cancer, and pretested. Confirmatory factor analysis was used with a sample of 130 Thai women aged 40 to 70 years old.ResultThe final MT-CHBMS consisted of 64 items determining ten subscales: susceptibility, seriousness, benefits-breast self-examination, benefits-mammogram, barriers-BSE, barriers-mammogram, confidence, health motivation, benefits-ultrasound, and barriers-ultrasound. The MT-CHBMS demonstrated excellent internal consistency. The ten-factor model was best fitted to the data.ConclusionThe MT-CHBMS was found to be a reliable and valid tool for measuring individuals' attitudes toward breast cancer and screening methods. The scale could be easily used by healthcare providers to determine the beliefs before planning appropriate interventions to increase early detection.

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Validation of the Champion Health Belief Model Scale for an Investigation of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviour in Malaysia.

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Validation of the Champion Health Belief Model Scale for an Investigation of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviour in Malaysia.

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