Development and preliminary testing of a questionnaire to measure mobile health information‐seeking behaviour in people with cancer
Ruolin Zhang,
Shuaini Li,
Meirong Hong,
Yao Zhou,
Ying Lin,
Yating Gao,
Wenyi Hu,
Xiaosha Ni,
Wanying Wu,
Yan Lou
Affiliations
Ruolin Zhang
School of Nursing Hangzhou Normal University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
Shuaini Li
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit The Children's Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine (National Clinical Research Center for Child Health) Zhejiang Province Hangzhou China
Meirong Hong
School of Nursing Hangzhou Normal University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
Yao Zhou
Department of Neurosurgery Yancheng Third People's Hospital (The Yancheng School of Clinical Medicine of Nanjing Medical University) Yancheng Jiangsu Province China
Ying Lin
Department of Nursing First People's Hospital of Tancheng Linyi Shandong Province China
Yating Gao
Department of Radiotherapy, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (SRRSH) Zhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
Wenyi Hu
Health Center China Jiliang University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
Xiaosha Ni
Department of Nursing Hangzhou Ninth People's Hospital Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
Wanying Wu
Department of Nursing Zhejiang Cancer Hospital (Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
Yan Lou
School of Nursing Hangzhou Normal University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
Abstract Aim The aim of the study was to develop and psychologically test the mobile health information‐seeking behaviour (MHISB) questionnaire in people with cancer. Design Instrument development. Methods The study was conducted in three phases in a southeastern city of China from May 2017 to April 2018. In phase one, an item pool was constructed based on a literature review and semistructured interviews. In phase two, expert evaluation and cognitive interviews were used to evaluate the content validity of the questionnaire. In phase three, a cross‐sectional study was conducted with people with cancer. Cronbach's α was calculated for reliability analysis. Validity evaluation included content validity and construct validity. Results The developed MHISB questionnaire has four dimensions (information‐seeking frequency, information‐seeking self‐efficacy, health information evaluation and information‐seeking willingness) and 25 items. Psychometric findings were satisfactory and supported the questionnaire's reliability. Conclusions The construction process of the MHISB questionnaire was scientific and feasible. The MHISB questionnaire had acceptable validity and reliability, and it requires further improvement in future studies.
