Reliability and validation of Swedish translation of Beliefs about Medication Specific (BMQ-Specific) and Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) for use in adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, ISSN 0803-9488, E-ISSN 1502-4725, Vol. 74, no 2, p. 89-95Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of Swedish translations of the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire-Specific (BMQ-Specific) and Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) for use in adolescents with ADHD. Methods: Forward and backward translations of the BMQ-Specific and B-IPQ scales to Swedish were conducted and reviewed by adolescents with ADHD and professionals. The validity and reliability of both questionnaires were investigated in a cross-sectional study of 101 adolescents (13?17?years) on a long-term prescription of ADHD medication recruited from two child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinics in Sweden. Results: Regarding the BMQ-Specific, principal component analysis (PCA) loadings confirmed the previously defined components of Specific-Necessity and Specific-Concern. The PCA for B-IPQ revealed two components, the first one, B-IPQ Consequences, captured questions regarding perceptions of the implication of having ADHD (items 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8) and the second one, B-IPQ-Control, the perceptions of the capability to manage the ADHD disorder (items 3, 4 and 7). The Cronbach alpha coefficients for BMQ-Specific-Necessity scale was ??=?0.80, for BMQ-Specific-Concern scale ??=?0.75, B-IPQ Consequences ??=?0.74 and for B-IPQ-Control ??=?0.44. Conclusions: The present results prove the Swedish translation of BMQ-Specific and B-IPQ to be valid and reliable for utilization in adolescents with ADHD. The PCA confirmed the original components for BMQ-Specific and the recent findings of two main B-IPQ components describing emotional and cognitive implications versus the capability for self-care maintenance of ADHD.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. Vol. 74, no 2, p. 89-95
Keywords [en]
ADHD, adolescents, medication beliefs, perception, psychometric properties
National Category
Psychiatry
Research subject
Natural Science, Medicine
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-89810DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2019.1674376ISI: 000489278800001PubMedID: 31596161Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85074027810OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-89810DiVA, id: diva2:1365865
2019-10-252019-10-252023-04-12Bibliographically approved