Validation of the dutch version of the health education impact questionnaire (HEIQ) and comparison of the Dutch translation with the English, German and French HEIQ

Table 5 Results of the composite reliability of the Dutch, German, English (original) and English (revised) versions of the heiQ

	Dutch	German	English (original)^c	English (revised)
Health directed activity	0.82	0.83	0.80	0.83
Positive and active engagement in life	0.81	0.75	0.86	0.83
Emotional distress	0.89	0.88	0.89	0.86
Self-monitoring and insight ^a	0.67	0.74	0.70^a	0.74
Constructive attitude and approaches	0.86	0.87	0.81	0.88
Skills and techniques acquisition^b	0.82	0.77	0.81^b	0.80
Social integration and support	0.85	0.88	0.86	0.88
Health service navigation	0.85	0.87	0.82	0.85

Acceptable: Composite reliability >0.7
^aThe English heiQ (original) Self-monitoring and insight scale contained 7 items (including ‘I know when my lifestyle is creating health problems for me)
^bThe English heiQ (original) Skill and technique acquisition scale contains 5 items (including ‘I have effective skills that help me handle stress’)
^cCronbach’s alpha was used in the original English heiQ analysis

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