Reliability of an adult respiratory symptom questionnaire in a community located near a mine dump in South Africa : pilot study
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Nkosi, Vusumuzi
Voyi, K.V.V. (Kuku)
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Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Cogent, Taylor & Francis Group
Abstract
BACKGROUND : Pretesting a questionnaire is an important activity before the start of the main epidemiological study.
AIM : The study tested the reliability (internal consistency) of the modified ATS-DLD-78 adult respiratory diseases questionnaire
developed by the British Medical Research Council.
RESULTS : The questionnaire was found to be reliable and admissible with an overall Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of α = 0.74.
CONCLUSION : The questionnaire is a reliable instrument for data collection and can be a useful tool for collecting data in a
developing country. The questionnaire will be used to study the association between respiratory and cardiovascular diseases
among older people and community’s proximity to mine dumps
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Cardiovascular diseases, Mine dumps, Pilot study, Respiratory diseases, South Africa (SA)
Sustainable Development Goals
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Nkosi, V & Voyi K 2016, 'Reliability of an adult respiratory symptom questionnaire in a community located near a mine dump in South Africa : pilot study', Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 103-105.