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Single-Item vs Multiple-Item Measures of Stage of Change in Compliance with Prescribed Medications
- Source :
- Psychological Reports. 94:115-124
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2004.
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Abstract
- The Stage of Change construct from the Transtheoretical Model of behavioral change has been widely utilized in the assessment of various health behaviors. The majority of these tests measure the Stage of Change construct using the single-item, multiple-choice format. This study validated the use of a single-item measure in measuring readiness to comply with taking a prescribed medication. A sample of 161 subjects tested the multiple-item Stage of Change measure, then a refined multiple-item survey was tested with 59 subjects. With the latter survey, discriminating subjects at the differing stages of change dimensions was difficult. A correlation of .91 was found for stage classifications between ratings on the single-item and multiple-item scales. The use of the single-item measure seems reasonable when assessing stage of change in compliance with prescribed medication.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Personality Inventory
Psychometrics
050109 social psychology
Sample (statistics)
behavioral disciplines and activities
Compliance (psychology)
Correlation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Drug Therapy
Behavior Therapy
Adaptation, Psychological
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
skin and connective tissue diseases
Mathematical Computing
General Psychology
Pharmacies
Measure (data warehouse)
05 social sciences
Stage of change
Transtheoretical model
Reproducibility of Results
Health Surveys
Patient Compliance
Female
sense organs
Stage (hydrology)
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Psychology
Construct (philosophy)
Social psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1558691X and 00332941
- Volume :
- 94
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychological Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b10f1eaa294f2e6c31d334f4a58ce7f7