Acceptability measures for evaluating smoking cessation interventions among individuals with diabetes
Joseph Grech1, Ian James Norman2, Roberta Sammut1
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida MSD, 2080, Malta.
Public Health in Practice (Oxford, England)
|March 15, 2024
Summary
This study validated questionnaires to measure satisfaction and perceived usefulness of smoking cessation interventions for individuals with diabetes. The validated tools will help assess intervention acceptability in this population.
Area of Science:
- Health Sciences
- Behavioral Medicine
- Public Health
Background:
- Individuals with diabetes often struggle to adopt smoking cessation interventions.
- Patient involvement and attitudes are key to intervention success.
- Assessing intervention acceptability, including satisfaction and usefulness, is crucial for diabetes populations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To report the preliminary validation of satisfaction and perceived usefulness questionnaires.
- To evaluate smoking cessation interventions among individuals with diabetes.
Main Methods:
- Content validation by five tobacco cessation facilitators.
- Translation and assessment of translation validity into Maltese.
- Internal consistency measured using Cronbach's alpha in individuals with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
Main Results:
- Experts unanimously agreed on item relevance and conceptual equivalence after two rounds of content validation.
- Both Maltese and English versions of the questionnaires demonstrated high internal consistency (>0.8).
Conclusions:
- The study provides initial validation of instruments for assessing smoking cessation intervention acceptability in individuals with diabetes.
- Further validation in diverse settings with larger samples is recommended.
Keywords:
Diabetes mellitusFeasibility studiesPatient satisfactionProgram evaluationTobacco cessationMore Related Videos
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