Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia. kschew@unimas.my
  • 2 Emergency Medicine and Trauma Department, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Malaysia
  • 3 Faculty of Medicine, Universiti of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Faculty of Economics & Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia
  • 5 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia
BMC Res Notes, 2019 Oct 21;12(1):670.
PMID: 31639035 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4698-x

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the development and translation of a questionnaire purported to measure (1) the perception of the placement strategy of automated external defibrillator, (2) the perception on the importance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator (3) the perception on the confidence and willingness to apply these two lifesaving interventions as well as (4) the fears and concerns in applying these two interventions. For construct validation, exploratory factor analysis was performed using principal axis factoring and promax oblique rotation and confirmatory factor analysis performed using partial least square.

RESULTS: Five factors with eigenvalue > 1 were identified. Pattern matrix analysis showed that all items were loaded into the factors with factor loading > 0.4. One item was subsequently removed as Cronbach's alpha > 0.9 which indicates redundancy. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated acceptable factor loadings except for one item which was subsequently removed. Internal consistency and discriminant validity was deemed acceptable with no significant cross-loading.

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