Abstract
Objective To evaluate the reliability and validity of Barriers Questionnaire-Taiwan form (BQT) for cancer patients of mainland China. Methods A cross-sectional study was made among 363 hospitalized cancer patients from 7 hospitals in Beijing in January to March in 2015 with BQT. Methods of Cronbach alpha, split-half reliability, exploratory factor analysis, and content validity index were used to analyze its reliability and validity. Results All the indexes were in the measurement of acceptable range that the Cronbach alpha of BQT was 0.799, the Equal Length coefficient of Spearman-Brown was 0.770, the coefficient of Guttman Split-Half was 0.770, accumulating contribution rate of 11 factors was 63.910%, and the coefficient of content validity index was 0.733. Conclusions The reliability and validity of BQT are good and can be used to evaluate the pain management attitudes for cancer patients of Mainland China. Key words: Cancer patients; Barriers Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity
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