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. 2017 Feb 9;45(3):269–276. doi: 10.1177/1403494816688375

Table IV.

Test–retest reliability of beliefs about disease causes, motivation, perceived needs, and treatment desires.

Test session 1 Mean (SD)
Likert scale 0–10
Test session 2 Mean (SD)
Likert scale 0–10
ICC (95% CI)
Beliefs regarding what caused CHD 0.78–0.95
 Smoking 3.84 (4.0) 3.80 (4.0) 0.94 (0.91–0.96)
 Lack of exercise 4.47 (3.0) 4.91 (3.0) 0.88 (0.83–0.92)
Motivation for lifestyle changes and already applied changes
 Motivation to quit smoking 7.83 (3.6) 8.48 (2.5) 0.87 (0.69–0.95)
 Motivation to improve diet 5.26 (2.9) 5.39 (2.9) 0.85 (0.78–0.90)
 Motivation to increase exercise 5.06 (3.0) 5.52 (2.8) 0.75 (0.62–0.83)
 Have changed diet 5.62 (2.6) 5.43 (2.8) 0.84 (0.76–0.89)
 Have increased exercise 4.78 (3.1) 4.93 (2.8) 0.89 (0.84–0.93)
Perceived needs of additional information
 Sufficient information about disease 8.19 (2.2) 8.23 (2.0) 0.73 (0.60–0.82)
 Sufficient information about risk factors 8.58 (1.8) 8.20 (1.9) 0.80 (0.70–0.86)
Test session 1
n (%)
Test session 2
n (%)
κ (95% CI)
Healthcare follow-up
 Participated in cardiac rehabilitation 92 (93) 92 (93) 0.69 (0.41–0.98)
 Current follow-up general practitioner ⩾ 3 times/year 48 (49) 44 (44) 0.72 (0.58–0.86)
Perception of the information provided
 Cured from CHD 68 (69) 67 (68) 0.55 (0.38–0.74)
 No need to change lifestyle 28 (28) 27 (27) 0.63 (0.46–0.81)
Treatment desires
 Email, SMS, telephone 50 (52) 45 (47) 0.56 (0.39–0.73)
 Cardiac nurse 66 (68) 61 (63) 0.34 (0.15–0.53)
 Multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation 32 (33) 26 (28) 0.54 (0.36–0.72)
 Physiotherapist 31 (32) 31 (32) 0.71 (0.56–0.86)
 Dietician 32 (33) 31 (32) 0.69 (0.54–0.84)
 Psychiatrist/psychologist 14 (14) 7 (7) 0.57 (0.44–0.70)
 Internet 27 (28) 23 (25) 0.47 (0.28–0.67)
 Mobile app 17 (18) 15 (16) 0.70 (0.50–0.90)
 No need for follow-up 32 (36) 31 (33) 0.63 (0.46–0.81)

ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; κ, Kappa agreement; CI, confidence interval; CHD, coronary heart disease.