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Development and Validation of an Online Survey to Assess Perception of Diabetes Risk and Barriers and Facilitators to Weight Loss Following Gestational Diabetes

Gray, Kristy L.; Grebenshchikova, Mayya; O�Reilly, Sharleen L.; McKellar, Lois; Clifton, Peter M.; Keogh, Jennifer B.

Authors

Kristy L. Gray

Mayya Grebenshchikova

Sharleen L. O�Reilly

Peter M. Clifton

Jennifer B. Keogh



Abstract

Our objective was to describe the development and validation of a survey investigating barriers to weight loss, perception of diabetes risk, and views of diet strategies following gestational diabetes (GDM). The survey underwent three stages of development: generation of items, expert evaluation, and pilot testing. A content validation index (CVI) was calculated from expert responses regarding item relevance, coherence, clarity, and response options. Experts also responded to the domain fit of questions linked to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Pilot responders answered the survey and responded to review questions. Six experts in the field of nutrition, midwifery, psychology, or other health or medical research completed the expert review stage of the survey. In the pilot test, there were 20 responders who were women with previous GDM and who were living in Australia. The overall CVI from the expert review was 0.91. All questions except one received an I-CVI of >0.78 for relevance (n = 35). Fourteen of the 27 items linked to the TDF received an agreement ratio of <1.0. Twenty-seven of the 31 pilot questions were completed by ≥90% of responders. Pilot review questions revealed an agreement percentage of ≥86% (n = 12) regarding the survey’s ease to complete, understand, importance, length, and interest level. The final survey tool consists of 30 items and achieved content validation through expert evaluation and pilot testing.

Citation

Gray, K. L., Grebenshchikova, M., O’Reilly, S. L., McKellar, L., Clifton, P. M., & Keogh, J. B. (2021). Development and Validation of an Online Survey to Assess Perception of Diabetes Risk and Barriers and Facilitators to Weight Loss Following Gestational Diabetes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2), Article 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020480

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 5, 2021
Online Publication Date Jan 8, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date Aug 10, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 2
Article Number 480
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020480
Keywords survey development; gestational diabetes; diabetes prevention; content validation; Theoretical Domains Framework
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2895407

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