Developing an oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) knowledge and behaviors survey

Am J Health Behav. 2012 Sep;36(5):589-601. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.36.5.2.

Abstract

Objectives: To use the community participation research model to (1) develop a survey assessing knowledge about mouth and throat cancer and (2) field test and establish test-retest reliability with newly developed instrument.

Methods: Cognitive interviews with primarily rural African American adults to assess their perception and interpretation of survey items. Test-retest reliability was established with a racially diverse rural population.

Results: Test-retest reliabilities ranged from .79 to .40 for screening awareness and .74 to .19 for knowledge. Coefficients increased for composite scores.

Conclusion: Community participation methodology provided a culturally appropriate survey instrument that demonstrated acceptable levels of reliability.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Black or African American
  • Community Participation*
  • Data Collection / methods*
  • Female
  • Focus Groups
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Humans
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouth Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Rural Population
  • Surveys and Questionnaires*