使用数值评级尺度来评估健康计算能力有限的个人的风险感知是否合适
Saul Shiffman1, Michael J Hannon1, Stacey A McCaffrey2
1Pinney Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Patient education and counseling
|October 15, 2024
概括
有限健康计算能力 (LHN) 的个人可以有效地使用数值评分尺度 (NRSs) 来表达风险感知,与具有足够健康计算能力 (AHN) 的人相比. 这一发现支持在不同人群中使用NRS.
科学领域:
- 卫生传播健康传播
- 风险感知研究 风险感知研究
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
背景情况:
- 数字评分表 (NRSs) 可能会给健康计算能力有限的个人 (LHN) 在表达风险感知方面带来挑战.
- 准确评估风险感知对于公共卫生信息至关重要,特别是在电子烟等产品方面.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较LHN和充足的健康算法 (AHN) 个体之间的电子烟风险感知NRS的心理测量功能.
- 确定LHN个体是否可以为AHN个体提供有意义和可比的风险评级.
主要方法:
- 一个大规模的随机试验 (N=12,557) 涉及使用NRS (0-100%) 和形容词等级的电子烟风险感知评级.
- 根据最新生命体征 (NVS) 评估,将参与者分为LHN和AHN组.
- 分析数字和口头风险等级之间的关系,并评估LHN和AHN组之间的尺度不变性.
主要成果:
- 电子烟的数值风险感知评级在LHN和AHN组中显示出与口头评级的强烈和几乎相同的关系.
- 分析显示,LHN和AHN个体之间的疾病特异性风险评级的配置,度量和标量不变.
- 这些发现表明,在各个数学的水平上,NRS的解释和使用是一致的.
结论:
- 有限的健康计算能力的个人可以有效地利用数值评级尺度来表达风险感知.
- 对于LHN和AHN个体来说,NRS的心理特征在评估电子烟风险时是可比的.
- 这证实了NRS在不同人群中用于风险传播研究的有效性.
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