Development and Psychometric Testing of HPV Knowledge Scale

Completed

• Conditions: Parents; Parent-Child Relations

• Registration Number: NCT06466252
• Lead Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to develop and conduct psychometric testing of a new scale, the Human Papillomavirus Knowledge Scale (HPV-KS), particularly designed to assess HPV knowledge among parents of school-age children in Indonesia.

Detailed Description

research process after obtaining school principal. because the target population was parents who have daughters in elementary schools.

All participants (parents) were recruited from 5 elementary schools. According to a minimum sample size estimation for a psychometric study, it needs 10 times the total number of items (Boateng, 2018). the total participants, 52 items x 10= 520 participants were required.

The researchers got approval from schools to invite parents to attend the school of event invitations. Each participant came to the school where their child attended. Parents attended the regular meeting on the appointed day. at that time, researchers approached potential participants to explain to them the purpose of this study, participant rights, risks, and benefits. The researcher obtained participants' consent to participate in this research with a serial number.

During the process, researchers keep the participant anonymous. The questionnaires were distributed to the participants and took around 15-20 minutes to complete. All data was recapitulated and stored in Excel format. Data were kept by the researcher to maintain confidentiality. All data analyses were performed using SPSS software from IBM Corp.

Statistical analyses are below:

1. Descriptive analysis was used to identify population characteristics

2. Validity testing contains Exploratory and Confirmatory factor analyses were structure and construct.

3. Reliability testing was done using Cronbach alpha to determine the instrument's reliability.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-04-01
• Study Completion: 2023-05-01
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-17
• Study First Posted: 2024-06-20
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 673

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants have a child in elementary school
• Participants could speak Bahasa Indonesia fluently
• Participants live with their children in one house
• Participants are willing to participate in the study

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Exclusion Criteria

• parents had mental, visual, and hearing impairments or problems diagnosed by doctors
• their children' age are over 14 years old.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Human papillomavirus knowledge scale	one time collected. participants took 15 minutes to complete all items in form.	it consists of 3 subscales assessed awareness and understanding about human papillomavirus that encompass transmission, related to diseases, prevention, vaccine domestic policy context. it has a binary response format with a true /false response. the items contain favourable and unfavourable statement. A 1-point reflects that the answer is correct and 0-point is incorrect answer. The total scores indicated the knowledge level. The higher score means a better knowledge level

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Elementary school; 🇮🇩 Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia