Reliability of an adult respiratory symptom questionnaire in a community located near a mine dump in South Africa: pilot study
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Reliability of an adult respiratory symptom questionnaire in a community located near a mine dump in South Africa: pilot study | |
| Creator | Nkosi, Vusumuzi Voyi, Kuku | |
| Description | Background: Pretesting a questionnaire is an important activity before the start of the main epidemiological study.Aim: The study tested the reliability (internal consistency) of the modified ATS-DLD-78 adult respiratory diseases questionnaire developed by the British Medical Research Council.Results: The questionnaire was found to be reliable and admissible with an overall Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of α = 0.74.Conclusion: The questionnaire is a reliable instrument for data collection and can be a useful tool for collecting data in a developing country. The questionnaire will be used to study the association between respiratory and cardiovascular diseases among older people and community’s proximity to mine dumps | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2016-10-01 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajid.v31i3.85 | |
| Source | Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases; Vol 31, No 3 (2016); 103-105 2313-1810 2312-0053 | |
| Language | eng | |
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