Adaptation and testing of instruments to measure cervical cancer screening factors among Vietnamese immigrant women
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Connie K Y Nguyen-Truong1, Michael C Leo2, Frances Lee-Lin3
1Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA connie.nurse@gmail.com.
Purpose:
Vietnamese American women diagnosed with cervical cancer are more likely to have advanced cancer than non-Hispanic White women. We sought to (a) develop a culturally sensitive Vietnamese translation of the Revised Susceptibility, Benefits, and Barriers Scale; Cultural Barriers to Screening Inventory; Confidentiality Issues Scale; and Quality of Care from the Health Care System Scale and (b) examine the psychometric properties.
Design:
Cross-sectional study with 201 Vietnamese immigrant women from the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
Method:
We used a community-based participatory research approach and the U.S. Census Bureau's team approach to translation.
Results:
Cronbach's alpha ranged from .57 to .91. The incremental fit index ranged from .83 to .88.
Discussion And Conclusions:
The instruments demonstrated moderate to strong subscale internal consistency. Further research to assess structural validity is needed.
Implications For Practice:
Our approaches to translation and psychometric examination support use of the instruments in Vietnamese immigrant women.
