Measuring Hypochondria with Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties in Colombian University Students
Introduction. The Short Health Anxiety Inventory is a commonly used tool for assessing health anxiety, but its psychometric properties and internal structure have not been examined in a Latin American Spanish-speaking population. This study aimed to establish the psychometric properties among Colom...
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Introduction. The Short Health Anxiety Inventory is a commonly used tool for assessing health anxiety, but its psychometric properties and internal structure have not been examined in a Latin American Spanish-speaking population. This study aimed to establish the psychometric properties among Colombian university students.
Method. The goodness of fit of four latent structure models of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory was tested using confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 1004 Colombian university students.
Results. The results show that the original model's structure does not fit well (CFI = .808; RMSEA = .074), and the reliability was .796 and .703 for the original two variables.
Conclusions. The findings do not support the utilization of the Colombian version of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory by researchers and clinicians among Colombian university students.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6c2539a887a49d6ad1e43355f4554732024-02-16T03:56:52ZspaFundación Universitaria María CanoRevista de Investigación e Innovación en Ciencias de la Salud2665-20562024-02-0110.46634/riics.266Measuring Hypochondria with Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties in Colombian University StudentsRenato Zambrano-Cruz0Jorge Restrepo-Carvajal1Tatiana Castañeda-Quirama2School of Psychology; Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; Medellín; Colombia.School of Education and Social Sciences; Tecnológico de Antioquia – Institución Universitaria; Medellín; Colombia.School of Psychology; Politécnico Grancolombiano; Medellín; Colombia. Introduction. The Short Health Anxiety Inventory is a commonly used tool for assessing health anxiety, but its psychometric properties and internal structure have not been examined in a Latin American Spanish-speaking population. This study aimed to establish the psychometric properties among Colombian university students. Method. The goodness of fit of four latent structure models of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory was tested using confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 1004 Colombian university students. Results. The results show that the original model's structure does not fit well (CFI = .808; RMSEA = .074), and the reliability was .796 and .703 for the original two variables. Conclusions. The findings do not support the utilization of the Colombian version of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory by researchers and clinicians among Colombian university students. https://riics.info/index.php/RCMC/article/view/266AnxietyHealth careMental healthPsychometricsValidation |
| spellingShingle | Renato Zambrano-Cruz Jorge Restrepo-Carvajal Tatiana Castañeda-Quirama Measuring Hypochondria with Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties in Colombian University Students Revista de Investigación e Innovación en Ciencias de la Salud Anxiety Health care Mental health Psychometrics Validation |
| title | Measuring Hypochondria with Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties in Colombian University Students |
| title_full | Measuring Hypochondria with Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties in Colombian University Students |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Hypochondria with Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties in Colombian University Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Hypochondria with Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties in Colombian University Students |
| title_short | Measuring Hypochondria with Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties in Colombian University Students |
| title_sort | measuring hypochondria with short health anxiety inventory psychometric properties in colombian university students |
| topic | Anxiety Health care Mental health Psychometrics Validation |
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