A reliable and valid asthma general knowledge questionnaire useful in the training of asthma educators

Using the responses of 115 adults attending an asthma educator training course, the Asthma General Knowledge Questionnaire for Adults (AGKQA) was found to be an acceptably valid and reliable measure for assessing knowledge related to the management of asthma by adults. Content and face validity: exp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Patient education and counseling 2000-02, Vol.39 (2), p.237-242
Hauptverfasser:	Allen, Rae M., Abdulwadud, Omar A., Jones, Michael P., Abramson, Michael, Walters, Haydn
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Asthma Asthma - diagnosis Asthma - therapy Counseling Education Educational Measurement - methods Educational Measurement - standards Female Health Personnel - education Humans Knowledge Male Measures (Individuals) Middle Aged Nursing Patient Education Patient Education as Topic - standards Reliability Statistics, Nonparametric Surveys and Questionnaires - standards Teacher Education Training Validity
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Zusammenfassung:	Using the responses of 115 adults attending an asthma educator training course, the Asthma General Knowledge Questionnaire for Adults (AGKQA) was found to be an acceptably valid and reliable measure for assessing knowledge related to the management of asthma by adults. Content and face validity: expert assessors considered the AGKQA to be a relevant and plausible test of the asthma general knowledge content of the programme. Criterion-related validity: the pretraining scores of educators were significantly higher ( P
ISSN:	0738-3991 1873-5134
DOI:	10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00051-8