Table 1:

Health Belief Model Questionnaire validation and scoring for each domain

Domains	Initial items	Final items	Factor loading	Cronbach alpha	Minimum score	Maximum score
Perceived severity	10	9	0.47 – 0.79	0.80	9	36
Perceived susceptibility	9	8	0.50 – 0.88	0.82	8	32
Perceived benefit	7	6	0.57 – 0.84	0.94	6	24
Perceived barrier	17	16	0.48 – 0.83	0.91	16	64
Cues to action	7	6	0.59 – 0.77	0.77	0	6