TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of the health belief model
T2 - Development of the hearing beliefs questionnaire (HBQ) and its associations with hearing health behaviors
AU - Saunders, Gabrielle H.
AU - Frederick, Melissa Teahen
AU - Silverman, Shienpei
AU - Papesh, Melissa
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by Unitron and by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Grant # C4844C. Aspects of these data were presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON), Lake Tahoe, USA, August 8 – 12, 2012, at the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology Institute, Providence, USA, September 9 – 11, 2012, and at the British Academy of Audiology, Manchester, UK, November 12 – 13, 2012.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Objective: To develop a hearing beliefs questionnaire (HBQ) that assesses hearing beliefs within the constructs of the health belief model, and to investigate whether HBQ scores are associated with hearing health behaviors. Design: A 60-item version of the questionnaire was developed and completed by 223 participants who also provided information about their hearing health behaviors (help seeking, hearing-aid acquisition, and hearing-aid use). Study sample: Individuals aged between 22 and 90 years recruited from a primary care waiting area at a Veterans hospital. Seventy-six percent were male, 80% were Veterans. Results: A 26-item version of the HBQ with six scales was derived using factor analysis and reliability analyses. The scales measured: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived self-efficacy, and cues to action. HBQ scores differed significantly between individuals with different hearing health behaviors. Logistic regression analyses resulted in robust models of hearing health behaviors that correctly classified between 59% and 100% of participant hearing health behaviors. Conclusions: The HBM appears to be an appropriate framework for examining hearing health behaviors, and the HBQ is a valuable tool for assessing hearing health beliefs and predicting hearing health behaviors.
AB - Objective: To develop a hearing beliefs questionnaire (HBQ) that assesses hearing beliefs within the constructs of the health belief model, and to investigate whether HBQ scores are associated with hearing health behaviors. Design: A 60-item version of the questionnaire was developed and completed by 223 participants who also provided information about their hearing health behaviors (help seeking, hearing-aid acquisition, and hearing-aid use). Study sample: Individuals aged between 22 and 90 years recruited from a primary care waiting area at a Veterans hospital. Seventy-six percent were male, 80% were Veterans. Results: A 26-item version of the HBQ with six scales was derived using factor analysis and reliability analyses. The scales measured: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived self-efficacy, and cues to action. HBQ scores differed significantly between individuals with different hearing health behaviors. Logistic regression analyses resulted in robust models of hearing health behaviors that correctly classified between 59% and 100% of participant hearing health behaviors. Conclusions: The HBM appears to be an appropriate framework for examining hearing health behaviors, and the HBQ is a valuable tool for assessing hearing health beliefs and predicting hearing health behaviors.
KW - Health behavior
KW - Health care seeking behavior
KW - Hearing aids
KW - Patient acceptance of health care
KW - Patient compliance
KW - Rehabilitation of hearing impaired
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U2 - 10.3109/14992027.2013.791030
DO - 10.3109/14992027.2013.791030
M3 - Article
C2 - 23682849
AN - SCOPUS:84880119312
SN - 1499-2027
VL - 52
SP - 558
EP - 567
JO - International journal of audiology
JF - International journal of audiology
IS - 8
ER -