The BQ contains 10 questions covering three categories including: 1) snoring severity (items 1 5), 2) excessive daytime sleepiness (items 6 9), and 3) history of high blood pressure or obesity (item 10).
*p < 0.10 based on Chi-Square statistic ** p < 0.05 based on Chi-Square statistic f Fisher's Exact Test With respect to whether clinicians reported typically counseling obese patients in a positive or negative context, responses to this item differed (nearly significantly) by one obesity belief item and one clinical characteristic.
Three scales emerged from the questionnaire: negative obesity stereotyping (7 items), empathy (3 items), and counseling confidence (3 items).
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The 13-item QuIKS was evaluated for its factor structure, item- and person-fit, item's category response structure, differential item functioning by sex and obesity status, local item dependency, unidimensionality, and test precision.
The extent to which pharmacists perceived confident in achieving positive outcomes as a result of counseling obese patients was measured by listing seven obesity management related items and asking respondents to indicate on a 5-point scale (extremely unconfident [ 1], unconfident [ 2], neither confident nor unconfident [ 3], confident [ 4], extremely confident [ 5]).
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For adults with morbid obesity, a 7-item version of the GSE seems to have better psychometric properties than the original 10-item version.
This study probed the relationship between obesity and QoL item scores in children, and compared child-reported with parent-reported QoL stratified by gender and grade.
