Artículo de revista
Development and testing of the questionnaire CEC-61: Knowledge about cervical cancer in Chilean adolescents
Fecha
2018Registro en:
Women and Health, Volumen 58, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 647-660
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03630242
10.1080/03630242.2017.1333073
Autor
Urrutia, María Teresa
Gajardo, Macarena
Padilla, Oslando
Institución
Resumen
© 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis. Despite a clear association between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer, knowledge in adolescent populations regarding the disease and methods for its detection and prevention is deficient. The aim of this study was to develop and test a new questionnaire concerning knowledge on cervical cancer. An instrument was developed and validated to measure knowledge in 226 Chilean adolescents between April and June 2011. Content validity, construct validity, and reliability analysis of the instrument were performed. The new, validated instrument, called CEC-61 (Conocimientos en Cancer Cérvicouterino-61 items/Knowledge in Cervical Cancer-61 items), contains nine factors and 61 items. The new questionnaire explained 81% of the variance with a reliability of 0.96. The assessment of knowledge with a valid and reliable instrument is the first step in creating interventions for a population and to encourage appropriate preventive behavior. CEC-61 is highly reliab