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The asthma belief survey: development and testing.
Barbara Velsor-Friedrich1, Therese D Pigott, Brenda Srof
1Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60626-3249, USA. bvelsor@luc.edu
Journal of Nursing Measurement
|May 27, 2005
Summary
The Asthma Belief Survey (ABS) effectively measures children's asthma self-efficacy. This validated tool aids practitioners in assessing a child's ability to manage daily asthma care and crises.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Health Psychology
- Educational Psychology
Background:
- Effective asthma self-management relies on accurate assessment of children's self-efficacy.
- Existing tools may not adequately capture self-efficacy in daily maintenance and crisis management for pediatric asthma patients.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate the Asthma Belief Survey (ABS), a tool for measuring asthma self-efficacy in children.
- To assess the psychometric properties of the ABS in a sample of inner-city school children.
Main Methods:
- Development of a 15-item, 5-point self-report Asthma Belief Survey (ABS).
- Testing the ABS with 79 African American school children (ages 8-14) with asthma.
- Evaluation of reliability (Cronbach's alpha) and validity through correlations with asthma knowledge and self-care practices.
Main Results:
- The ABS demonstrated good reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .83).
- The survey showed coherence as a single scale measuring asthma self-efficacy.
- Significant positive relationships were found between ABS scores, asthma knowledge (r = .51), and self-care practices (r = .52).
Conclusions:
- The Asthma Belief Survey (ABS) is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring asthma self-management self-efficacy in children.
- The ABS can be utilized by practitioners to assess children's confidence in managing daily asthma health and preventing episodes.
- Findings support the use of the ABS for improving pediatric asthma care through targeted self-efficacy interventions.