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Published on: January 7, 2019
Preliminary Reliability and Validity of an Exercise Benefits and Barriers for Stroke Prevention Scale in an African
Dawn M Aycock1, Patricia C Clark
1Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
Background And Purpose:
African Americans are at heightened risk of first stroke, and regular exercise can reduce stroke risk. Benefits and barriers to exercise subscales from 2 instruments were combined to create the Exercise Benefits and Barriers for Stroke Prevention (EBBSP) scale.
Methods:
Reliability and validity of the EBBSP scale were examined in a nonrandom sample of 66 African Americans who were primarily female, average age 43.3 ± 9.4 years, and high school graduates.
Results:
Both subscales had adequate internal consistency reliability. Factor analysis revealed two factors for each subscale. More benefits and fewer perceived barriers were significantly related to current exercise and future intentions to exercise.
Conclusions:
The EBBSP scale may be useful in research focused on understanding, predicting, and promoting exercise for stroke prevention in adults.
