Citation

Albuquerque C, Franco V, Castro F, Oliveira C. Aten. Primaria 2014; 46(Suppl 5): 112-117.

Affiliation

Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Publisher Elsevier España)

DOI

10.1016/S0212-6567(14)70076-9

PMID

25476046

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The European Health and Behaviour Survey is a questionaire used to assess a wide range of health-related behaviours, attitudes to health, beliefs concerning the importance of behaviours for health, and health knowledge, using a standardized protocol suitable for translation and administration in different countries of Europe. The objective of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the EHBS-Section B (section used to assess attitudes towards the importance of 25 activities for health) to the Portuguese language and to test its reliability and validity.

METHODS: This new version was obtained with forward/backward translations, consensus panels and a pre-test. The Portuguese versions of EHBS-Section B, Health and Risk-taking Behaviour Scale (HRBS), Health Belief Scale (HBS) and a form for the characteristics of the participants were applied to 849 Portuguese adolescents.

RESULTS: Reliability was good with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.867, and an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of 0.96. Corrected item-total coefficients ranged from 0.301 to 0.620 and weighted kappa coefficients ranged from 0.74 to 0.94 for the 17 items of the EHBS-Section B. Construct validity was supported by the confirmation of two predefined hypotheses involving expected significant correlations between EHBS-Section B, HRBS and HBS that represent similar constructs.

CONCLUSIONS: The Portuguese EHBS-Section B exhibited suitable psychometric properties, in terms of internal consistency, reproducibility and construct validity. It can be used in educational and research settings.

Language: en