Instrument validation on risk factors that influence the overweight and obesity of workers in district 09d06 in the period january -may 2020
Journal Title: Más Vita - Year 2020, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
primary health care in Ecuador does not have validated research instruments on risk factors that influence overweight and obesity in workers. Objective: to validate the instrument to measure the overweight of workers by means of expert judgment and Cronbach's coefficient. Methodology: The instrument is made up of demographic data and 20 items. For the analysis of the variables, an expert judgment matrix was carried out to calculate the validity, relevance and coherence. The instrument was applied to the workers of District 09D06. The validation was by expert judgment and was applied with a sample of 15 participants as a pilot test. Descriptive statistics were calculated for the analysis and Cronbach's alpha was used to obtain reliability. Results: the validation of expert judgment obtained a score of 94 and Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of 0.897. Conclusions: The instrument developed presented a very high concordance between the scores obtained from the experts, indicating a very reliable validity on the clarity of the writing and in the coefficient a high reliability
Authors and Affiliations
Meysi Andrea Escovar HiFong, Dayanara del Carmen Lara Zabala, Juan Carlos León Alemán, Franklin Bautista Zumba
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