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The Preschool Eating, Lifestyle, and Sleeping Attitudes Scale (PRELSA Scale): Construction and Pilot Testing of a Tool to Measure Factors Associated with Childhood Obesity

Healthcare · 5 authors, 4 centres

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The pilot process with parents and experts led to a revised 60-item scale for further validation.

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This methods study describes the construction and initial pilot testing of the PRELSA Scale, a psychometric tool designed to measure parental attitudes associated with modifiable childhood obesity risk factors (eating, sleeping, sedentary, and activity habits). The process involved item development, a pilot test with 26 parents to assess comprehensibility and feasibility, and an expert panel review for content validity. The study reports that overall parent satisfaction was high in 57.7% of cases, and experts provided good content validity scores, though feasibility concerns like completion time (over 15 minutes) were noted. Limitations include a small, non-representative parent sample (88.5% women, higher socioeconomic status). The scale is intended as a broad instrument to identify intervention targets.

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PMC10218310

The Preschool Eating, Lifestyle, and Sleeping Attitudes Scale (PRELSA Scale): Construction and Pilot Testing of a Tool to Measure Factors Associated with Childhood Obesity

Healthcare

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(1) Background: Childhood obesity poses a global health challenge. In the period from two to six years, the fundamental risk factors are associated with modifiable habits, related to parental attitudes. In this study, we will analyze the construction and pilot test of the PRELSA Scale, designed to be a comprehensive tool that covers the whole problem of childhood obesity, from which we can later develop a brief instrument. (2) Methods: First, we described the scale construction process. After that, we conducted a pilot test on parents to check the instrument’s comprehensibility, acceptability, and feasibility. We detected items to be modified or eliminated through two criteria: the frequencies of the categories of each item and responses in the Not Understood/Confused category. Finally, we sought expert opinion through a questionnaire to ensure the content validity of the scale. (3) Results: The pilot test on parents detected 20 possible items for modification and other changes in the instrument. The experts’ questionnaire showed good values on the scale’s content, highlighting some feasibility problems. The final version of the scale went from 69 items to 60. (4) Conclusions: Developing scales that detect parental attitudes associated with the onset of childhood obesity may be the basis for future interventions to address this health challenge.

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Jesús Carretero-Bravo, Mercedes Díaz-Rodríguez, Bernardo Carlos Ferriz-Mas et al.. The Preschool Eating, Lifestyle, and Sleeping Attitudes Scale (PRELSA Scale): Construction and Pilot Testing of a Tool to Measure Factors Associated with Childhood Obesity. Healthcare. (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101365

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Jesús Carretero-Bravo, Mercedes Díaz-Rodríguez, Bernardo Carlos Ferriz-Mas, Celia Pérez-Muñoz, Juan Luis González-Caballero

1Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, Avenida Ana de Viya 52, 11009 Cádiz, Spain
2Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Cadiz, Avenida Ana de Viya 52, 11009 Cádiz, Spain
3Clinic Management Unit (UGC), Andalusian Health Service, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain
4Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Cadiz, Polígono Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain

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