A theory-based reproductive health and diabetes instrument.
OBJECTIVE
To determine psychometric properties of scales within the theoretically based Reproductive Health Attitudes and Behavior (RHAB) instrument for examining preconception planning of young women with diabetes. Scales represented constructs from 3 social cognition models that can influence reproductive health behavior.


METHODS
Psychometrics were examined on data from a telephone interview on this 48-item instrument using a sample of 87 female adolescents with diabetes from 4 medical centers.


RESULTS
Overall, the major factors (scales) clustered according to theoretical underpinning. Most Cronbach alphas were moderate (.60-.83).


CONCLUSIONS
RHAB appears to have acceptable levels of validity/reliability for use with female adolescents with diabetes.
Center for Research and Evaluation, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. dcpro@pitt.edu
Denise
D
Charron-Prochownik
Shiaw-Ling
SL
Wang
Susan M
SM
Sereika
Yookyung
Y
Kim
Nancy K
NK
Janz
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018456:Reproductive Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires