Test-retest reliability of health behavior items in the Community Health Survey in South Koreaopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Soo Jeong; Han, Jin A; Kim, Young Hwa; Choi, Bo Youl; Kim, Su Young; Lee, Hun Je; Oh, In Hwan; Cho, Sung-il; Lee, Jakyoung; Lee, Soon Young
- Issue Date
- Oct-2015
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Keywords
- Reliability; Health behavior; Kappa; Health surveys
- Citation
- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH, v.37, pp.1 - 7
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- SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH
- Volume
- 37
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 7
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/142911
- DOI
- 10.4178/epih/e2015045
- ISSN
- 1225-3596
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVES: Responses to health-related items on the Community Health Survey (CHS) provide evidence
that is used to develop community-based health policy. This study aimed to assess the test-retest reliability of
selected health behavioral items on the CHS according to item category, response period, and response scale.
METHODS: A sample of 159 men and women 20 to 69 years of age participated in a test-retest with an interval of 14 to 21 days. A total of 28 items relating to smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and weight control, and
mental health were selected. We evaluated the test-retest reliability of the items using kappa statistics.
RESULTS: Kappa values ranged from 0.44 to 0.93. Items concerning habits had higher kappa values (mean,
0.7; standard error, 0.05) than items concerning awareness or attitudes (p=0.012). The kappa value of items
with two- to four-point scales was 0.63, which was higher than the value of 0.59 for items with scales involving five or more points, although this difference was not statistically significant. Different kappa values were
observed for each reference period, but no statistically significant differences were noted.
CONCLUSIONS: The test-retest reliability of the CHS items that we studied was associated with item category. Further study of the relationship between item category and reliability in domains other than health behaviors is required.
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