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Article

Development of Valid and Reliable Questionnaire to Evaluate Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Lifestyle Medicine Domains

by
Abeer Salman Alzaben
1,†,
Mohammed Almansour
2,*,†,
Hayat Saleh Alzahrani
3,
Nouf Adnan Alrumaihi
4,
Nesrain Mubarak Alhamedi
5,
Nawaf Abdulaziz Albuhayjan
6 and
Sadeem Abdulaziz Aljammaz
7
1
Department of Health Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia
3
Family and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
4
Academic Affairs, Saudi Commission for Health Specialty, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
5
Family Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
6
College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia
7
Community Health Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 4310, Riyadh 11491, Saudi Arabia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Healthcare 2024, 12(16), 1652; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161652
Submission received: 1 June 2024 / Revised: 14 August 2024 / Accepted: 17 August 2024 / Published: 20 August 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Preventive Potential of Modifiable Risk Factors)
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Abstract

Lifestyle medicine (LM) should be incorporated as part of routine clinical work and medical education programs. Objective: To develop and test the validity and reliability of a questionnaire that measures the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of LM domains among medical trainees through practicing physicians. Methods: The KAP questionnaire sections covered the nine domains of LM. The validation process included face and content validity. A total of 151 individuals from the medical field residing in Saudi Arabia were recruited through a convenient sampling technique to participate in the study. Item response theory (IRT) was applied to validate the knowledge domain, while exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to assess attitude and practice. Cronbach’s alpha was performed to test the reliability of the three sections. Results: The questionnaire contained 37 items of knowledge, 45 attitudes, and 28 practice items. According to the IRT analysis, 27 items of knowledge were within the acceptable range of difficulty and discrimination. The EFA analysis resulted in 6 factors, including all the items in the attitude domain, and 4 factors, for a total of 27 items in the practice domain, with satisfactory factor loading (>0.4). The Cronbach’s alpha for the three domains was very high (≥0.88). Conclusions: The KAP questionnaire for LM is valid and reliable across a spectrum, from medical trainees to practicing physicians. This tool could serve as an instrument to evaluate and develop adequate educational programs for medical doctors.
Keywords: lifestyle medicine; KAP questionnaire; validity; reliability; medical doctors lifestyle medicine; KAP questionnaire; validity; reliability; medical doctors

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Alzaben, A.S.; Almansour, M.; Alzahrani, H.S.; Alrumaihi, N.A.; Alhamedi, N.M.; Albuhayjan, N.A.; Aljammaz, S.A. Development of Valid and Reliable Questionnaire to Evaluate Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Lifestyle Medicine Domains. Healthcare 2024, 12, 1652. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161652

AMA Style

Alzaben AS, Almansour M, Alzahrani HS, Alrumaihi NA, Alhamedi NM, Albuhayjan NA, Aljammaz SA. Development of Valid and Reliable Questionnaire to Evaluate Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Lifestyle Medicine Domains. Healthcare. 2024; 12(16):1652. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161652

Chicago/Turabian Style

Alzaben, Abeer Salman, Mohammed Almansour, Hayat Saleh Alzahrani, Nouf Adnan Alrumaihi, Nesrain Mubarak Alhamedi, Nawaf Abdulaziz Albuhayjan, and Sadeem Abdulaziz Aljammaz. 2024. "Development of Valid and Reliable Questionnaire to Evaluate Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Lifestyle Medicine Domains" Healthcare 12, no. 16: 1652. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161652

APA Style

Alzaben, A. S., Almansour, M., Alzahrani, H. S., Alrumaihi, N. A., Alhamedi, N. M., Albuhayjan, N. A., & Aljammaz, S. A. (2024). Development of Valid and Reliable Questionnaire to Evaluate Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Lifestyle Medicine Domains. Healthcare, 12(16), 1652. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161652

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