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Measurement properties of the Health Anxiety by Proxy Scale (HAPYS):A new questionnaire to assess parents' worries about their child's health
| العنوان: | Measurement properties of the Health Anxiety by Proxy Scale (HAPYS):A new questionnaire to assess parents' worries about their child's health |
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| المؤلفون: | Ingeman, Katrine, Wright, Kristi D, Frostholm, Lisbeth, Frydendal, Ditte Hoffmann, Ørnbøl, Eva, Rask, Charlotte Ulrikka |
| المصدر: | Ingeman , K , Wright , K D , Frostholm , L , Frydendal , D H , Ørnbøl , E & Rask , C U 2024 , ' Measurement properties of the Health Anxiety by Proxy Scale (HAPYS) : A new questionnaire to assess parents' worries about their child's health ' , Journal of Psychosomatic Research , vol. 176 , 111555 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111555Test |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | Aarhus University: Research |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Construct validity, Health anxiety, Health anxiety by proxy, Illness anxiety, Measurement properties, Questionnaire, Reproducibility of Results, Parents/psychology, Humans, Emotions, Anxiety/diagnosis, Surveys and Questionnaires, Child |
| الوصف: | Objective : Health anxiety by proxy refers to parents' excessive worries about their child's health. The Health Anxiety by Proxy scale (HAPYS) is a new self-report questionnaire to assess parents' worries and behaviors regarding their child's health. This study aimed to investigate the measurement properties of the HAPYS. Methods : Questionnaires were completed by 204 parents, and a HAPYS score was obtained for 200 parents: 39 parents diagnosed with health anxiety, 33 parents with different anxiety disorders, 33 parents with a Functional Somatic Disorder, and 95 healthy parents. We evaluated the following measurement properties: structural validity, reliability, convergent validity ((pain catastrophizing, parents' reports of child's emotional and physical symptoms), discriminant validity (parental reports of child's well-being), and known-groups validity (see compared groups above). Results : HAPYS demonstrated a one factor dimensionality, and excellent internal reliability (α = 0.95; CI: 0.93-0.97) and test-retest reliability after two weeks (ICC = 0.91; CI: 0.87-0.94). Convergent validity with the construct of parental catastrophizing about child pain was good (r = 0.72; CI: 0.64-0.78)). Good known-groups validity was demonstrated by the largest total HAPYS score observed in parents with health anxiety (median = 35; IQR: 9-53) and the lowest score in healthy parents (median = 9; IQR: 5-15) (p < 0.001). Conclusion : The findings support that HAPYS is a useful measure of health anxiety by proxy. Future research should examine the measurement properties in larger samples and different languages with further statistical analyses of structural validity. ; OBJECTIVE: Health anxiety by proxy refers to parents' excessive worries about their child's health. The Health Anxiety by Proxy scale (HAPYS) is a new self-report questionnaire to assess parents' worries and behaviors regarding their child's health. This study aimed to investigate the measurement properties of the HAPYS. METHODS: Questionnaires were completed ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/7a43d63a-77b2-4cc1-b6d2-0f9e76062c91Test |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111555 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111555Test https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/7a43d63a-77b2-4cc1-b6d2-0f9e76062c91Test http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85178125746&partnerID=8YFLogxKTest |
| حقوق: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.AC6FDC6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111555 |
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