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Buizza R, Capobianco E, Moretti PF, Vineis P. How can we weather a virus storm? Health prediction inspired by meteorology could be the answer. J Transl Med 2021; 19:102. [PMID: 33750382 PMCID: PMC7940861 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-02771-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Roberto Buizza
- Istituto Scienze Della Vita, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy.
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- University of Miami, Institute of Data Science and Computing, Miami, FL, US
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- Italian National Council of Research (CNR), Liaison Office in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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Villar OAED, Montañez-Alvarado P, Gutiérrez-Vega M, Carrillo-Saucedo IC, Gurrola-Peña GM, Ruvalcaba-Romero NA, García-Sánchez MD, Ochoa-Alcaraz SG. Factor structure and internal reliability of an exercise health belief model scale in a Mexican population. BMC Public Health 2017; 17:229. [PMID: 28249597 PMCID: PMC5333383 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4150-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Mexico is one of the countries with the highest rates of overweight and obesity around the world, with 68.8% of men and 73% of women reporting both. This is a public health problem since there are several health related consequences of not exercising, like having cardiovascular diseases or some types of cancers. All of these problems can be prevented by promoting exercise, so it is important to evaluate models of health behaviors to achieve this goal. Among several models the Health Belief Model is one of the most studied models to promote health related behaviors. This study validates the first exercise scale based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) in Mexicans with the objective of studying and analyzing this model in Mexico. Methods Items for the scale called the Exercise Health Belief Model Scale (EHBMS) were developed by a health research team, then the items were applied to a sample of 746 participants, male and female, from five cities in Mexico. The factor structure of the items was analyzed with an exploratory factor analysis and the internal reliability with Cronbach’s alpha. Results The exploratory factor analysis reported the expected factor structure based in the HBM. The KMO index (0.92) and the Barlett’s sphericity test (p < 0.01) indicated an adequate and normally distributed sample. Items had adequate factor loadings, ranging from 0.31 to 0.92, and the internal consistencies of the factors were also acceptable, with alpha values ranging from 0.67 to 0.91. Conclusions The EHBMS is a validated scale that can be used to measure exercise based on the HBM in Mexican populations.
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- Oscar Armando Esparza-Del Villar
- Psychology Program, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Universidad y H. Colegio Militar s/n, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. .,Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Administración, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Universidad y H. Colegio Militar s/n, Zona Chamizal, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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- Psychology Program, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Universidad y H. Colegio Militar s/n, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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- Psychology Program, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Universidad y H. Colegio Militar s/n, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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- Psychology Program, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Universidad y H. Colegio Militar s/n, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Conducta, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Carretera Toluca - Naucalpan km. 1.5 s/n, Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico
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- Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Sierra Mojada N° 950. Col. Independencia, C.P. 44350, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Unidad Académica de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Av. Preparatoria 301, Hidraulica, 98060, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Colima, Av. Universidad No. 333, Las Víboras, CP 28040, Colima, Colima, Mexico
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