Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students
Background: Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors during young adulthood can have negative impacts on health for the rest of a person’s life. University students are in a transition stage to adulthood and face considerable changes in their life during their time at university. Therefore, the evaluation of t...
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| author | Nayyereh Aminisani Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi Houmayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani Aboulghasem Amini Leili Abedi Safieh Kanani |
| author_facet | Nayyereh Aminisani Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi Houmayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani Aboulghasem Amini Leili Abedi Safieh Kanani |
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| description | Background: Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors during young adulthood can have negative impacts on health for the rest of a person’s life. University students are in a transition stage to adulthood and face considerable changes in their life during their time at university. Therefore, the evaluation of their lifestyle and its changes over time using a valid and reliable tool is very important. This study aimed at assessing reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students (HLSUS).
Methods: The HLSUS was developed by Wong et al., based on Pender’s Health Promotion Model, and was translated into Persian using forward/backward translation methods. Content validity of the scale was assessed by a panel of eleven experts. Moreover, Cronbach alpha coefficient was calculated to examine internal consistency. The construct validity was assessed via detecting the factor structure of measurements on a sample of 400 students from different faculties of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Scale-item correlations and known group analyses were used to evaluate. convergent and discriminant validity.
Results: The HLSUS demonstrated good content validity (content validity index [CVI] values 0.80-1.00 and content validity ratio [CVR] values 0.71-1.00), internal consistency (α = 0.87) and test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = 0.89). Based on exploratory factor analysis, it was determined that the eight factor solution was optimal for distinguishing the underlying factors.
Conclusion: The Persian version of the HLSUS demonstrated initial reliability and validity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fedb792f4f04c9187cc6c6c48ad03c22022-12-22T02:56:33ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesResearch and Development in Medical Education2322-27192016-12-0152798410.15171/rdme.2016.016RDME_3877_20160813231624Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University StudentsNayyereh Aminisani0Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran1Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi2Houmayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani3Aboulghasem Amini4Leili Abedi5Safieh Kanani6Epidemiology and Statistics Departement, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Siences, Tabriz, IranEpidemiology and Statistics Departement, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Siences, Tabriz, IranEpidemiology and Statistics Departement, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Siences, Tabriz, IranEpidemiology and Statistics Departement, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Siences, Tabriz, Iran Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranEpidemiology and Statistics Departement, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Siences, Kerman, IranBackground: Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors during young adulthood can have negative impacts on health for the rest of a person’s life. University students are in a transition stage to adulthood and face considerable changes in their life during their time at university. Therefore, the evaluation of their lifestyle and its changes over time using a valid and reliable tool is very important. This study aimed at assessing reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students (HLSUS). Methods: The HLSUS was developed by Wong et al., based on Pender’s Health Promotion Model, and was translated into Persian using forward/backward translation methods. Content validity of the scale was assessed by a panel of eleven experts. Moreover, Cronbach alpha coefficient was calculated to examine internal consistency. The construct validity was assessed via detecting the factor structure of measurements on a sample of 400 students from different faculties of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Scale-item correlations and known group analyses were used to evaluate. convergent and discriminant validity. Results: The HLSUS demonstrated good content validity (content validity index [CVI] values 0.80-1.00 and content validity ratio [CVR] values 0.71-1.00), internal consistency (α = 0.87) and test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = 0.89). Based on exploratory factor analysis, it was determined that the eight factor solution was optimal for distinguishing the underlying factors. Conclusion: The Persian version of the HLSUS demonstrated initial reliability and validity.http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/RDME/Manuscript/RDME-5-79.pdfReliabilityValidityLifestyleHealth PromotionUniversityStudents |
| spellingShingle | Nayyereh Aminisani Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi Houmayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani Aboulghasem Amini Leili Abedi Safieh Kanani Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students Research and Development in Medical Education Reliability Validity Lifestyle Health Promotion University Students |
| title | Reliability and Validity
of the Persian Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students |
| title_full | Reliability and Validity
of the Persian Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students |
| title_fullStr | Reliability and Validity
of the Persian Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliability and Validity
of the Persian Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students |
| title_short | Reliability and Validity
of the Persian Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students |
| title_sort | reliability and validity of the persian version of the healthy lifestyle scale for university students |
| topic | Reliability Validity Lifestyle Health Promotion University Students |
| url | http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/RDME/Manuscript/RDME-5-79.pdf |
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