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Information overload in patients with atrial fibrillation: Can the cancer information overload (CIO) scale be used?
- Source :
- Patient education and counseling. 102(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Objective Information overload can negatively impact positive health behaviors such as cancer screening. The 8-item Cancer Information Overload (CIO) scale appears to be the only validated measure of health-related information overload. The present study assesses the validity of the CIO scale when modified for use in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) residing in Australia. Methods We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a study of adult Australian patients with AF (N = 386) in which a modified version of the CIO scale was used. In the present study, we examined the construct (convergent and divergent) validity and performed an exploratory factor analysis for the modified scale. Results All items on the modified-CIO scale appear to load onto a single factor. As predicted, higher education levels (rs=-.24, p Conclusion When adapted to the AF context, the modified-CIO scale appears to be a valid measure of information overload. Practice Implications A valid scale is required to measure information overload accurately. Knowledge of the interplay between information overload and various health behaviors help focus future efforts to support patient empowerment.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Psychometrics
Health Behavior
Context (language use)
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Predictive Value of Tests
Neoplasms
Surveys and Questionnaires
Cancer screening
Atrial Fibrillation
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Cancer
Anticoagulants
Reproducibility of Results
Atrial fibrillation
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Exploratory factor analysis
Information overload
Scale (social sciences)
Female
0305 other medical science
business
Construct (philosophy)
Delivery of Health Care
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18735134
- Volume :
- 102
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Patient education and counseling
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....45892b051ebb203318eba41cffa05a32