Application of the health belief model: Development of the hearing beliefs questionnaire (HBQ) and its associations with hearing health behaviors

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 558-567

  Saunders, Gabrielle H ^a,b   Frederick, Melissa Teahen ^a   Silverman, Shienpei ^a   Papesh, Melissa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Health care seeking behavior; Hearing aids; Patient acceptance of health care; Patient compliance; Rehabilitation of hearing impaired

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; CUES; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OREGON; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880119312     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.791030     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Aghamolaei T. , Tavafi an S.S. & Madani A. 2011. Prediction of helmet use among Iranian motorcycle drivers: An application of the health belief model and the theory of planned behavior. Traffi c Inj Prev , 12, 239-243.
2. Ajzen I. & Fishbein M. 1980. Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior , Englewood Cliffs, USA: Prentice-Hall.
3. Brooks D.N. 1985. Factors relating to the under-use of postaural hearing aids. Br J Audiol , 19 , 211-217.
4. Brooks D.N. & Hallam R.S. 1998. Attitudes to hearing diffi culty and hearing aids and the outcome of audiological rehabilitation. Br J Audiol , 32 , 217-226.
5. Burgio K.L. , Ives D.G , Locher J.L. , Arena V.C. & Kuller L.H. 1994. Treatment seeking for urinary incontinence in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc , 42 , 208-212.
6. Champion V.L. & Scott C.R. 1997. Reliability and validity of breast cancer screening belief scales in African American women. Nurs Res , 46 , 6 , 331-337.
7. Claesen E. & Pryce H. 2012. An exploration of the perspectives of help-seekers prescribed hearing aids. Prim Health Care Res Dev , 13, 279-284.
8. Costello A.B. & Osborne J.W. 2005. Best practices in exploratory factor analysis: Four recommendations for getting the most from your analysis. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation , 10, 7. Available online at http://pareonline.net/pdf/v10n7.pdf
9. Cox R.M. , Alexander G.C. & Gray G.A. 2005. Hearing-aid patients in private practice and public health (Veterans Affairs) clinics: Are they different? Ear Hear , 26 , 513-528
10. Davis A. , Smith P. , Ferguson M. , Stephens D., Gianopoulos 2007. Acceptability, benefi t, and costs of early screening for hearing disability: A study of potential screening tests and models. Health Technol Assess , 11 , 1-294.
11. Duijvestijn J.A. , Anteunis L.J. , Hoek C.J. , van Den Brink R.H. , Chenault M.N. et al. 2003. Help-seeking behaviour of hearing-impaired persons aged-55 years: Effect of complaints, signifi cant others, and hearing-aid image. Acta Otolaryngol , 123 , 846-850.
12. Fischer M.E. , Cruickshanks K.J. , Wiley T.L. , Klein B.E. & Klein R. et al. 2011. Determinants of hearing-aid acquisition in older adults. Am J Public Health , 101 , 1449-1455.
13. Gopinath B. , Schneider J. , Hartley D. , Teber E. , McMahon C.M. et al. 2011. Incidence and predictors of hearing-aid use and ownership among older adults with hearing loss. Ann Epidemiol , 21 , 497-506.
14. Gussekloo J. , de Bont L.E. , von Faber M. , Eekhof J.A. , de Laat J.A. et al. 2003. Auditory rehabilitation of older people from the general population: The Leiden 85-plus study. Br J Gen Pract , 53 , 536-540.
15. Jerram J.C. & Purdy S.C. 2001. Technology, expectations, and adjustment to hearing loss: Predictors of hearing-aid outcome. J Am Acad Audiol , 12 , 64-79.
16. Kline P. 1999. The Handbook of Psychological Testing (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.
17. Knudsen L.V. , Ö berg M. , Nielsen C. , Naylor G. & Kramer S.E. 2010. Factors infl uencing help seeking, hearing-aid uptake, hearing-aid use, and satisfaction with hearing aids: A review of the literature. Trends Amplif , 14 , 127-154.
18. Kochkin S. 2012. MarkeTrack VIII: The key infl uencing factors in hearingaid purchase intent. Hear Rev , 19 , 12-25.
19. Laplante-L é vesque A., Hickson L. & Worrall L. 2012. What makes adults with hearing impairment take up hearing aids or communication programs and achieve successful outcomes? Ear Hear , 33 , 79-93.
20. Lexis M.A. , Jansen N.W. , Stevens F.C. , van Amelsvoort L.G. & Kant I. 2010. Experience of health complaints and help seeking behavior in employees screened for depressive complaints and risk of future sickness absence. J Occup Rehabil , 20 , 537-546.
21. Lupsakko T.A. , Kautiainen H.J. & Sulkava R. 2005. The non-use of hearing aids in people aged 75 years and over in the city of Kuopio in Finland. Eur Arch Otorhinolarngol , 262 , 165-169.
22. Meyer C., Hickson L., Khan A., Hartley D. , Dillon H. et al. 2011. Investigation of the actions taken by adults who failed a telephone-based hearing screen. Ear Hear , 32 , 720-731.
23. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. 2010. Quick Statistics. Accessed August 24 from http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/ statistics/Pages/quick.aspx.
24. Noroozi A. , Jomand T. & Tahmasebi R. 2011. Determinants of breast selfexamination performance among Iranian women: An application of the health belief model. J Cancer Educ , 26 , 365-374.
25. Peterson R.A. 2000. A meta-analysis of variance accounted for and factor loadings in exploratory factor analysis. Marketing Letters , 11 , 261-275.
26. Pinto S.L., Lively B.T. , Siganga W. , Holiday-Goodman M. & Kamm G. 2006. Using the health belief model to test factors affecting patient retention in diabetes-related pharmaceutical care services. Res Social Adm Pharm , 2 , 38-58.
27. Prochaska J.O. & Velicer W.F. 1997. The transtheoretical model of health behavior change. Am J Health Promot , 12 , 38-48.
28. Rosenstock I.M. 1966. Why people use health services. Milbank Mem Fund Q , 44 , 94-127.
29. Saunders G.H. , Chisolm T.H. & Wallhagen M.I. 2012. Older adults and hearing help seeking behaviors. Am J Audiol , 21 , 331-337.
30. Saunders G.H. & Jutai J.W. 2004. Hearing specifi c and generic measures of the psychosocial impact of hearing aids. J Am Acad Audiol , 15 , 238-248.
31. Schneider J.M. , Gopinath B. , McMahon C.M. , Britt H.C. , Harrison C.M. et al. 2010. Role of general practitioners in managing age-related hearing loss. Med J Aust , 192 , 20-23.
32. Slade S.C. , Molloy E. & Keating J.L. 2009. Stigma experienced by people with nonspecifi c chronic low back pain: A qualitative study. Pain Med , 10 , 143-154.
33. Smith S.L. & West R.L. 2006. The application of self-effi cacy principles to audiologic rehabilitation: A tutorial. Am J Audiol , 15 , 46-56.
34. Thorstensson C.A. , Gooberman-Hill R. , Adamson J. , Williams S. & Dieppe P. 2009. Help-seeking behaviour among people living with chronic hip or knee pain in the community. BMC Musculoskelet Disord , 10 , 153.
35. Tucker J.A. , Vuchinich R.E. & Rippens P.D. 2004. A factor analytic study of infl uences on patterns of help-seeking among treated and untreated alcohol dependent persons. J Subst Abuse Treat , 26 , 237-242.
36. van den Brink R.H. , Wit H.P. , Kempen G.I. & van Heuvelen M.J. 1996. Attitude and help-seeking for hearing impairment. Br J Audiol , 30 , 313-324.
37. Wallhagen M.I. 2010. The stigma of hearing loss. Gerontologist , 50 , 66-75.
38. Wee L.E. & Koh G.C. 2011. The effect of neighborhood, socioeconomic status, and a community-based program on multi-disease health screening in an Asian population: A controlled intervention study. Prev Med , 53 , 64-69.
39. Wilson C. & Stephens D. 2003. Reasons for referral and attitudes toward hearing aids: Do they affect outcome? Clin Otolaryngol , 28 , 81-84.
40. Garcia E.F. , Duberstein P. , Paterniti D.A. , Cipri C.S. , Kravitz R.L. et al. 2012. Feeling labeled, judged, lectured, and rejected by family and friends over depression: Cautionary results for primary care clinicians from a multi-centered, qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract , 13 , 64.
41. Yueh B. , Collins M.P. , Souza P.E. , Boyko E.J. , Loovis C.F. et al. 2010. Long-term effectiveness of screening for hearing loss: The screening for auditory impairment: Which hearing assessment test (SAI-WHAT) randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc , 58 , 427-434.