A content validity and cognitive interview process to evaluate an Illness Perception Questionnaire for African Americans with type 2 diabetes

Abstract Objective The Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) is the only available and empirically validated tool used to gain insight into patient illness beliefs. However, the IPQ has reliability and validity problems when used with African Americans (AAs) and needs to be culturally-adapted and v...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Olayinka O. Shiyanbola, Daniel Bolt, Adati Tarfa, Carolyn Brown, Earlise Ward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4342-9