TY - JOUR
T1 - Health perception
T2 - Validation of a scale for the Portuguese population
AU - Souto, Teresa Soares
AU - Ramires, Ana
AU - Leite, Ângela
AU - Santos, Vanessa
AU - Santo, Raquel Espírito
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s).
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - The validity of health perception construct has increased over time; people assess better their health status due to an increased level of education. Different instruments have been developed to assess this dimension of health. This study aims to validate for the Portuguese adult population of the Health Perception Questionnaire due to the inexistence in the Portuguese context of a validated instrument that assess health perception. It is a self-report instrument that evaluates health perception in three moments-past, present and future, resistance and attitudes towards the disease.1,139 subjects from the general population, aged between 18 and 79 years and mostly women, participated. Exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyzes were carried out. A second order model was found, where health perception is defined around two factors-current health (seven items) and previous health (two items). The experience of serious or significant illness, as well as well-being and health, are assumed as key elements in the individual construction of the previous and current health perception respectively.
AB - The validity of health perception construct has increased over time; people assess better their health status due to an increased level of education. Different instruments have been developed to assess this dimension of health. This study aims to validate for the Portuguese adult population of the Health Perception Questionnaire due to the inexistence in the Portuguese context of a validated instrument that assess health perception. It is a self-report instrument that evaluates health perception in three moments-past, present and future, resistance and attitudes towards the disease.1,139 subjects from the general population, aged between 18 and 79 years and mostly women, participated. Exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyzes were carried out. A second order model was found, where health perception is defined around two factors-current health (seven items) and previous health (two items). The experience of serious or significant illness, as well as well-being and health, are assumed as key elements in the individual construction of the previous and current health perception respectively.
KW - Behavioural medicine
KW - Health
KW - Psychology
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Validation studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063448497&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.9788/TP2018.4-17En
DO - 10.9788/TP2018.4-17En
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063448497
SN - 2358-1883
VL - 26
SP - 2185
EP - 2201
JO - Trends in Psychology
JF - Trends in Psychology
IS - 4
ER -