Table 2 Assessed measures
From: Improving heart health among Black/African American women using civic engagement: a pilot study
Outcome | Method | Reliability and Validity | |
|---|---|---|---|
Psychosocial change (pre and post) | Self-regulation | Self-regulation (14-item) | Saelens, et al., 2000 [35] |
Perceived stress | Perceived Stress Scale (14-item) | Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983 [37] | |
Self-efficacy | Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Scale (20-item) | Clark, et al., 1991 [65] | |
Exercise Self Efficacy Scale (5-item) | Marcus, Selby, Niaura, & Rossi, 1992 [39] | ||
Civic engagement | Civic Engagement Scale (14-item) | Doolittle & Faul, 2013 [41] | |
Collective change (pre and post) | Collective efficacy | Collective Efficacy scale (8-item) | Sampson, Raudenbush, & Earls, 1997 [36] |
Social support | Sallis Social Support Scales for Eating and Exercise Behavior (23-item) | Sallis, et al., 1987 [40] | |
Behavior change (pre and post) | Physical activity | Accelerometry GTX3 | |
IPAQ, long form | Blair et al., 1991 [66] | ||
Fruit and vegetables | 24-h recall | Johnson, Driscoll, & Goran, 1996 [44] | |
Sodium | |||
Physiological (pre and post) | Body weight | Digital floor scale (3 measurements) | |
Height (pre) | Portable stadiometer (Seca 214) | Lohman, 1992 [67] | |
Body fat percentage | Bioelectric impedance (Body Composition Analyzer) | Lopez, O’Connor, Ledoux, & Lee, 2011 [51] | |
Waist circumference | Retractable tape measure | Lohman, 1992 [67] | |
Cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2 max) | Rockport 1-mile walk test | D’Alonzo, Marbach, & Vincent, 2006; [68] Kline et al., 1987 [47] | |
Blood pressure | Automated blood pressure monitor (2 measures within 5 mmHg) | Pickering et al., 2005 [69] | |
Demographic (Covariates) (pre) | Age | Participation information survey | BRFSS and study-developed questions |
Marital status | Participation information survey | ||
Occupational status | Participation information survey | ||
Education level | Participation information survey | ||
Income level | Participation information survey | ||
Household characteristics | Participation information survey | ||
Acculturation | African American Acculturation Scale (47-item) | Klonoff & Landrine, 2000 [70] | |
Feasibility | Retention | Post self-reported survey | |
Adherence (# of sessions attended) | Post self-reported survey | ||
Acceptability | Post self-reported survey | ||
Key informant interview |