- Title
- A scale for measuring hygiene behavior: development, reliability and validity
- Creator
- Stevenson, Richard J.; Case, Trevor I.; Hodgson, Deborah; Porzig-Drummond, Renata; Barouei, Javad; Oaten, Megan J.
- Relation
- American Journal of Infection Control Vol. 37, Issue 7, p. 557-564
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2009.01.003
- Publisher
- Mosby
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Background: There is currently no general self-report measure for assessing hygiene behavior. This article details the development and testing of such a measure. Methods: In studies 1 to 4, a total of 855 participants were used for scale and subscale development and for reliability and validity testing. The latter involved establishing the relationships between self-reported hygiene behavior and existing measures, hand hygiene behavior, illness rates, and a physiological marker of immune function. In study 5, a total of 507 participants were used to assess the psychometric properties of the final revised version of the scale. Results: The final 23-item scale comprised 5 subscales: general, household, food-related, handwashing technique, and personal hygiene. Studies 1 to 4 confirmed the scale’s reliability and validity, and study 5 confirmed the scale’s 5-factor structure. Conclusions: The scale is potentially suitable for multiple uses, in various settings, and for experimental and correlational approaches.
- Subject
- hygiene behavior; hand washing; measurement; self-report
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/917796
- Identifier
- uon:8436
- Identifier
- ISSN:0196-6553
- Language
- eng
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