Publicaties
Development, psychometric validation, and cross-cultural comparison of the "Instagram Motives Questionnaire" (IMQ) and the "Instagram Uses and Patterns Questionnaire" (IUPQ). KU Leuven Universiteit Antwerpen
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Social network use is widespread, and the study of Instagram seems to have captured more attention in recent years. However, scale development and validation in the field has fallen short of providing sound scales of Instagram motives and usage patterns that consider the uniqueness of Instagram-related behavior. This paper describes the development, psychometric and cross-cultural validation of two new measurement ...
Understanding Motives, Usage Patterns and Effects of Instagram Use in Youths: A Qualitative Study KU Leuven
A comparison of behavioural models explaining cervical cancer screening uptake KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer represents a very high burden of disease, especially in Low- and Middle-income economies. Screening is a recommended prevention method in resource-poor settings. Cervical cancer screening (CCS) uptake is influenced by various psycho-social factors, most of which are included in behavioural models. Unlike demographic characteristics, these factors are modifiable. While few studies have compared these models in terms of ...
Factors affecting intention to screen after being informed of benefits and harms of breast cancer screening: a study in 5 European countries in 2021 KU Leuven Universiteit Antwerpen
BACKGROUND: Participation in mammography screening comes with harms alongside benefits. Information about screening provided to women should convey this information yet concerns persist about its effect on participation. This study addressed factors that may influence the intention to screen once a woman has been informed about benefits and harms of participation. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of women from five countries (Belgium, France, ...
Health Literacy throughout adolescence: Invariance and validity study of three measurement scales in the general population KU Leuven
OBJECTIVE: To simultaneously investigate the psychometric properties of three recently developed health literacy measurement scales throughout adolescence in the general population. METHODS: French versions of the Health Literacy for School-Aged Children (HLSAC, unidimensional) scale, the Health Literacy Assessment Scale for Adolescents (HAS-A, multidimensional) and the 16-item European Health Literacy Survey questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16, ...
Cervical cancer screening status and implementation challenges: Report from selected states of India KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer contributes to 6%-29% of the cancers in India. Although the Government of India in 2010 integrated cancer screening within the National Programme for the prevention of Non-communicable Diseases, only 22% of women aged 15-45 years had undergone examination of the cervix by 2016. This prompts the question regarding the organisation of the program's implementation and service delivery and regarding challenges that may ...
COVID-19 measures in Belgium: how perception and adherence of the general population differ between time periods KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Belgium has been hit by a series of surges in the number of COVID-19 cases. Each of these resulted in more stringent measures being taken to curb the pandemic. This study compared perception of and adherence to COVID-19 measures of the Belgian population at two time periods: September 2020 (survey 1) and April/May 2021 (survey 2). METHODS: Two samples of approximately 2000 participants, ...
Measuring Health Literacy in Romania: Validation of the HLS-EU-Q16 Survey Questionnaire KU Leuven
Objective: Empirical data on health literacy (HL) for Romania is almost inexistent. The present study aimed to validate the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire for the Romanian population and explore the predictors of HL in the North-West Region of the country. Methods: A non-experimental, cross-sectional study was conducted between March and November 2019 on a representative, stratified random sample of 1,622 participants from the North-Western Region of ...