Cancer-Related Belief Scale Design And Status Survey Oriented By Objective Behavior And Belief Model

Objectives Guided by cancer-related objective behavior and health belief theory:1)Compiling a cancer-related belief scale for healthy people and evaluating its reliability and validity;2)Understanding the status of cancer-related objective behavior and belief of residents in Hefei;3)Studying the relationship between cancer-related objective behavior and belief.Methods Scale design survey using cluster random sampling method and the sample size is selected based on 5-10 times the number of items.The steps are as follows: first,selecting two communities in each of Shushan District and Luyang District;second,choosing a resident at random in each community as a starting point;at last,choosing 260 residents conform to the inclusion criteria around the starting point in each community.A cluster random sampling method was also used to investigate the status and relationship between cancer-related objective behavior and belief.A total of 2,400 community residents were selected as the survey objects Yaohai,Luyang,Shushan and Baohe District.We use the way of face-to-face inquiries to investigate the residents who meet the inclusion criteria.Cronbach alpha coefficient,content validity and structural validity were used to evaluate the reliability and validity of the cancer-related belief scale.Frequency,rate,arithmetic mean,standard deviation,etc.were used to describe the status of cancer-related objective behavior and belief.Chi-square test and variance analysis were used to compare the differences in objective behaviors and beliefs among residents with different demographic characteristics.Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between the various dimensions of the cancer-related beliefs and the correlation between the dimensions and the general belief.Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the factors influencing the cancer-related objective behavior and belief.Results(1)the Cronbach ’alpha of all the dimensions of the cancer-related belief scale was 0.874,more than 0.8,indicating that the overall reliability of the scale was better.KMO coefficient and Bartlett sphericity test of the 63 items on the scale,the results showed that KMO=0.859,Bartlett’s=71367.893,P< 0.001,indicating that there have common factors between the items of the scale;(2)The composite index of cancer-related belief of community residents from high to low is perceived severity(9.08 + 1.45),perceived barriers(8.69 + 1.03),perceived effectiveness(8.66 + 1.27),perceived benefits(8.56 + 1.82)and perceived susceptibility(6.43 + 1.95);(3)The influencing factors of cancer-related belief include gender,age,and education level.(4)The composite index of cancer-related behavior of community residents from high to low is reducing risk(6.85±2.31),adjusting psychological emotion(6.21±3.20),improving diet(5.90±1.37),avoiding environmental hazards(4.66±2.25)and treating cancer-related diseases(4.10±1.98);(5)The influencing factors of cancer-related behavior include gender,age,education levels,number of family members,perceived barriers and perceived effectiveness.Conclusion The cancer-related belief scale of the research output has good reliability and validity.The rate of formation of cancer-related objective behaviors of residents in Hefei needs to be improved,and the development of cancer-related belief is unbalanced.Cancer-related belief has important influence on objective behavior.