Prevention & lipidsCross-sectional study
Psychometric validation of the short version of the Information Needs in Cardiac Rehabilitation scale through a first global assessment
- Cross-sectional study
- psychometric validation
- 19 countries
Administered via Qualtrics, January 2022-November 2023, in English, simplified Chinese, Portuguese or Korean
Authors' conclusion
Identification of information needs using the valid and reliable INCR-S can inform educational approaches to optimize patients' health outcomes across the globe.
Study context
- Population
- Cardiac in- or out-patients from 19 middle- and high-income countries
- Participants
- 1,601 participants · 19 countries
- Exposure
- Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) enrolees vs Non-enrolees
- Outcome
- Measurement properties of the INCR-S scale and patients' information needs globally
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
INCR-S measurement properties and information needs
Cronbach's alpha
0.97
Construct validity: significantly higher knowledge sufficiency (all items) and importance (all subscales) in CR enrolees vs non-enrolees
all P < 0.001
Knowledge sufficiency range, varying by region and income class
30.0 to 67.4%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Psychometric validation of the short version of the Information Needs in Cardiac Rehabilitation scale through a first global assessment. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 9 May 2024. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwae148
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it