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Reliability of an adult respiratory symptom questionnaire in a community located near a mine dump in South Africa: pilot study

Vusumuzi Nkosi, Kuku Voyi
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases | Vol 31, No 3 | a85 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v31i3.85 | © 2019 Vusumuzi Nkosi, Kuku Voyi | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 15 May 2019 | Published: 01 October 2016

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Vusumuzi Nkosi, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Kuku Voyi, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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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


Keywords

cardiovascular diseases; mine dumps; pilot study; respiratory diseases; South Africa

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