在印第安纳州居民中,感知农村和确立的地理农村地位之间的比较
Oindrila Bhattacharyya1,2,3, Susan M Rawl4, Stephanie L Dickinson5
1Indiana University Purdue University, Department of Economics, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Medicine
|October 13, 2023
概括
地理农村 - 城市通勤区 (RUCA) 代码显示中等的关联,但与自我报告的农村地位相差. 这两种方法在评估健康研究中的农村性方面都是互补的.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 农村卫生 农村卫生
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 是指地理信息系统.
背景情况:
- 准确的农村分类对于健康研究和资源分配至关重要.
- 传统的基于地理位置的农村城市通勤区 (RUCA) 代码可能无法完全捕捉到个人对农村的看法.
研究的目的:
- 评估传统的RUCA代码与自报告的农村状态之间的关联和一致性.
- 评估调查尺度的可靠性和有效性,以衡量感知到的农村.
主要方法:
- 一项全州范围的邮件调查 (n=970) 使用6项利克特级别 (克朗巴赫α=0.907) 评估感知到的农村.
- 感知到的农村地区与与住宅邮政编码映射的RUCA代码进行了比较.
- 使用Spearman的等级相关性和Gwet的协议系数 (Gwet的AC) 来计算关联和一致性.
主要成果:
- RUCA代码与自报农村地位之间的关联是中度的 (0.280.41).
- 格韦特的AC表示两项措施之间的协议不太好 (-0.110.26).
- 对于自我报告的乡村规模,发现了高的内部一致性 (克朗巴赫α=0.907).
结论:
- 基于地理位置的RUCA代码和自我报告的农村状态是补充措施.
- 个人对农村的自我认知可能与他们的地理分类有所不同,这凸显了农村健康研究中需要多方面的评估.
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