Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess socio-behavioural impact of COVID-19 on the general population()

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The aim of the study is to develop a valid and reliable tool to assess sociobehavioural changes due to COVID among the general population. METHODS: This mixed method study has two phases. Phase I for questionnaire development (literature review, focus group discussion, expert eva...

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Autores principales: Bandhu Kalanidhi, Kamal, Ranjan, Piyush, Sarkar, Siddharth, Kaur, Tanveer, Dutt Upadhyay, Ashish, Singh, Amandeep, Sahu, Anamika, Khan, Munnoo, Vijay Prasad, Barre, Baitha, Upendra, Kumar, Arvind
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Diabetes India. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33714135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2021.02.019
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Sumario:BACKGROUND AND AIM: The aim of the study is to develop a valid and reliable tool to assess sociobehavioural changes due to COVID among the general population. METHODS: This mixed method study has two phases. Phase I for questionnaire development (literature review, focus group discussion, expert evaluation and pilot testing). Phase II for establishing construct validity via factor analysis and internal consistency via Cronbach’s ɑ by administering the questionnaire on 179 participants. RESULTS: A questionnaire comprising 33 questions and five domains was developed having Cronbach’s α of 0·82. CONCLUSION: The developed questionnaire is a concise, easy to administer and valid tool to assess socio-behavioural changes.

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