Youngshin Song|Hae Ra Han|Hee?Jung Song|Soohyun Nam|Tam H. Nguyen|Miyong T. Kim
Psychometric Evaluation of Hill-Bone Medication Adherence Subscale
medication adherence essential part management control high blood pressure hbp although hillbone medication adherence hbma scale one frequently used instruments measuring hbp medication adherence psychometric properties scale never tested among korean americans population experiences disproportionately high prevalence hbp therefore objective study validate korean version hbma subscale hbmakwe used two independent samples korean americans kas combined n 525 participated communitybased intervention trials hbp control develop hbmak original scale translated korean back translated english reliability assessed calculating cronbachs alpha exploratory factor analysis efa done assess construct validity also calculated pearsons correlation coefficients scale theoretically driven variables blood pressure knowledge hbp belief test concurrent validitythe efa revealed onefactor solution eight items explaining 354 variance cronbachs alpha 80 8item hbmak scale significantly associated systolic blood pressure bp r 18 p 01 diastolic bp r 24 p 01 hbp knowledge r 13 p 01 hbp belief score r 18 p 05the 8item hbmak scale valid reliable instrument measuring medication adherence among kas hbp easily administered community clinical settings screen hypertensive patients low medication adherence