Table 3 Distribution of the subscale scores of the 13-item African Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs questionnaire and Cronbach’s Alpha
From: Validation of the Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire among African Australian women
Subscale | N | Mean | Standard deviation | Median | % at floor | % at ceiling | Cronbach’s alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attitudes towards general health check-ups | 264 | 41.4 | 25.8 | 25.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.92 |
Knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer | 264 | 44.7 | 26.2 | 37.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.91 |
Barriers to mammographic screening | 261 | 56.7 | 16.7 | 55.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.77 |
Psychological barriers | 259 | 44.3 | 22.2 | 41.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.84 |
Practical barriers | 261 | 74.7 | 17.2 | 75.0 | 0 | 15.5 | 0.86 |