Abstract
Objective: A growing body of research suggests that exposure to too much information – particularly contradictory information that characterizes much health-related information – can lead to feeling overwhelmed. This construct has been conflated with fatalistic beliefs that are negatively associated with preventive behaviors. The objective of this study was to adapt the 8-item Cancer Information Overload (CIO) scale to assess overload of healthy diet information. Methods: Confirmatory factor analyses with a community sample of rural California adults (n = 290; 75% female; 58% Latino; 46% ≤ H.S./G.E.D.). Results: Items assessing Diet Information Overload loaded significantly on their relevant factor; factor loadings were acceptable (β >.40). The adapted original scale (CFI = 1.000, RSMEA =.000, SMSR =.022) and a shorter 5-item scale (CFI =.984, RMSEA =.051, SMSR =.026) fit well. Conclusion: The Cancer Information Overload scale was successfully adapted and shortened to measure perceptions – previously mischaracterized as fatalistic – pertaining to diet information. Improved measures distinguishing between fatalistic beliefs and outcomes of the information environment are critical. Practice Implications: Understanding information overload is important for shaping prevention messages distinct from those needed to address fatalistic beliefs. Nutrition education efforts should consider the broader – cluttered – information environment in which nutrition education and communication occurs, and public health messages may drown.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 37-42 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Patient Education and Counseling |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Beliefs
- CFA
- Diet
- DIO scale
- Information overload
- Measurement
- Nutrition
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Assessing the impact of the public nutrition information environment : Adapting the cancer information overload scale to measure diet information overload. / Ramondt, Steven; Ramírez, A. Susana.
In: Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 102, No. 1, 01.01.2019, p. 37-42.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the impact of the public nutrition information environment
T2 - Adapting the cancer information overload scale to measure diet information overload
AU - Ramondt, Steven
AU - Ramírez, A. Susana
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Objective: A growing body of research suggests that exposure to too much information – particularly contradictory information that characterizes much health-related information – can lead to feeling overwhelmed. This construct has been conflated with fatalistic beliefs that are negatively associated with preventive behaviors. The objective of this study was to adapt the 8-item Cancer Information Overload (CIO) scale to assess overload of healthy diet information. Methods: Confirmatory factor analyses with a community sample of rural California adults (n = 290; 75% female; 58% Latino; 46% ≤ H.S./G.E.D.). Results: Items assessing Diet Information Overload loaded significantly on their relevant factor; factor loadings were acceptable (β >.40). The adapted original scale (CFI = 1.000, RSMEA =.000, SMSR =.022) and a shorter 5-item scale (CFI =.984, RMSEA =.051, SMSR =.026) fit well. Conclusion: The Cancer Information Overload scale was successfully adapted and shortened to measure perceptions – previously mischaracterized as fatalistic – pertaining to diet information. Improved measures distinguishing between fatalistic beliefs and outcomes of the information environment are critical. Practice Implications: Understanding information overload is important for shaping prevention messages distinct from those needed to address fatalistic beliefs. Nutrition education efforts should consider the broader – cluttered – information environment in which nutrition education and communication occurs, and public health messages may drown.
AB - Objective: A growing body of research suggests that exposure to too much information – particularly contradictory information that characterizes much health-related information – can lead to feeling overwhelmed. This construct has been conflated with fatalistic beliefs that are negatively associated with preventive behaviors. The objective of this study was to adapt the 8-item Cancer Information Overload (CIO) scale to assess overload of healthy diet information. Methods: Confirmatory factor analyses with a community sample of rural California adults (n = 290; 75% female; 58% Latino; 46% ≤ H.S./G.E.D.). Results: Items assessing Diet Information Overload loaded significantly on their relevant factor; factor loadings were acceptable (β >.40). The adapted original scale (CFI = 1.000, RSMEA =.000, SMSR =.022) and a shorter 5-item scale (CFI =.984, RMSEA =.051, SMSR =.026) fit well. Conclusion: The Cancer Information Overload scale was successfully adapted and shortened to measure perceptions – previously mischaracterized as fatalistic – pertaining to diet information. Improved measures distinguishing between fatalistic beliefs and outcomes of the information environment are critical. Practice Implications: Understanding information overload is important for shaping prevention messages distinct from those needed to address fatalistic beliefs. Nutrition education efforts should consider the broader – cluttered – information environment in which nutrition education and communication occurs, and public health messages may drown.
KW - Beliefs
KW - CFA
KW - Diet
KW - DIO scale
KW - Information overload
KW - Measurement
KW - Nutrition
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