Confiabilidad del cuestionario de estilos de vida saludable (CEVS) en estudiantes universitarios
Reliability of the healthy lifestyles questionnaire (CEVS) in university students
Abstract
The current lifestyles of the population have become a worldwide problem, since they have been related firstly to the appearance of chronic diseases and secondly, to the complexity of their recognition, due to the fact that factors such as living conditions, behavioral patterns, sociocultural context and interaction between individuals are elements that have a direct and indirect impact on the determination of lifestyles. Objective. To determine the reliability of the Lifestyle Questionnaire for University Students (CEVS) in a university population in Colombia. Methodology. Quantitative cross-sectional study, in which the CEVS questionnaire was applied to 894 students and Cronbach's alpha statistic was used as an estimator of internal consistency and reliability in processes of adaptation and validation of the instrument. Results. Of the 34 items, Cobransch's alpha is 0.81 and of the 4 dimensions the values are >0.79. Conclusions. The CEVS questionnaire is a useful, economical and effective tool for assessing the quality of life of individuals. In addition, it was found that its cronbach's alpha value is higher than the fantastic questionnaire, obtaining a value of 0.81 compared to 0.69 and 0.77 of different studies in relation to the total sample.
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2023-12-20
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Herrera-Pinzón, M. A., Castro-Jiménez, L. E., Herreño-Rodríguez, D. E., Argüello-Gutiérrez, Y. P., Aguirre-Rueda, D. M., & Sánchez-Rojas, I. A. (2023). Confiabilidad del cuestionario de estilos de vida saludable (CEVS) en estudiantes universitarios: Reliability of the healthy lifestyles questionnaire (CEVS) in university students. Peruvian Journal of Health Care and Global Health, 7(2). Retrieved from http://revista.uch.edu.pe/index.php/hgh/article/view/236
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