Table 1. Process of questionnaire development .
Step | Nature of activity | Methods | Number of domains | Number of items at the end of step | Addition or subtraction |
1 | Understanding the construct | Review of literature | Nil | 45 | Nil |
2 | Development of the construct | *FGDs | 5 | 57 | 12 items were added |
3 | Generation of items | Developed items | 5 | 57 | Nil |
4 | Face and content validity | Validation by experts | 5 | 46 | 11 items were deleted |
5 | Cognitive interviewing | Pilot study | 5 | 40 | 6 items were deleted |
6 | Construct validity | Exploratory Factor Analysis | 5 | 37 | 3 items were deleted |