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Abstract

Validated structured questionnaires to assess peptic ulcer patients' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) are very limited. Therefore, we developed and validated a questionnaire to design a pharmacist counseling model for peptic ulcer patients. By providing appropriate pharmacist counseling. We divided the study into two stages, namely, in the first stage, we designed a questionnaire by developing a framework, compiling question items, measuring the individual item content validity index (I-CVI), and selecting items that are most related to the level of understanding of peptic ulcer patients. In the next stage, we tested the validity of the questionnaire on 101 patients who were indicated to have or were experiencing peptic ulcers using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). To test its reliability, we used Cronbach's alpha. At the design stage, we determined 46 question items, consisting of 6 sociodemographic question items, 15 question items about patient knowledge, 15 question items about patient attitudes, and 10 question items about patient practices. Furthermore, from the 46 designed question items, we determined the Individual Content Validity Index (I-CVI) score for the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) question items. Our results were worth one, meaning all question items were 100% valid. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the KAP items were 0.971, 0.970, and 0.971 (p <0.01), respectively. This study shows that the questionnaire designed and developed is a valid and reliable instrument to assess KAP in gastric ulcer patients‎.

Keywords: Knowledge, Practice, Attitude counseling, Peptic ulcer

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