Development of the Health Awareness and Behaviour Tool (HABiT): reliability and suitability for a Canadian older adult population

Table 3 Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of domain scales

Domains	Subdomains (no. of items)	Cronbach’s alpha		Correlation Coefficient (r or φ)
Domains	Subdomains (no. of items)	Group 1	Group 2
Knowledge about CVD and diabetes	Risk factors (15)	0.77	0.70	1.00
Knowledge about CVD and diabetes	Common misconception (3)	0.34	0.55	1.00
Current health behavior	No subdomains (13) Multiple behaviors (sedentary lifestyle, diet, alcohol, smoking) analyzed as single scale	0.40	0.74	0.85
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)	No subdomains (5)	0.96	0.58	0.88
Perceived risk and understanding	No subdomains (7)	0.88	0.88	0.96
Self-efficacy	No subdomains (5)	0.68	0.78	0.86

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