Reliability and validity of the sleep apnea knowledge questionnaire
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2011.34.030
- VernacularTitle:睡眠呼吸暂停知识问卷信度和效度的测定
- Author:
Sujuan LIANG
;
Xueqin LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Scale;
Reliability;
Validity;
Sleep apnea;
Knowledge questionnaire
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2011;27(34):54-55
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of AKT(the Apnea Knowledge Test).Methods The AKT was tested in a sample of 91 middle aged and elderly patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome and the AKT was retested in 30 of them after 1 month.Results Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was 0.76.Retest correlation coefficient was 0.96.There was significant difference between test and retest.Item analysis indicated that there was significant difference in most items between higher scores group and lower one except the fourth item.Conclusions AKT has satisfying reliability and validity which is suitable for evaluation of sleep apnea knowledge.
