Development of the consumer refrigerator safety questionnaire: a measure of consumer perceptions and practices.
Author(s) : CAIRNDUFF V., DEAN M., KOIDIS A.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Food preparation and storage behaviors in the home deviating from the ''best practice'' food safety recommendations may result in foodborne illnesses. Currently, there are limited tools available to fully evaluate the consumer knowledge, perceptions, and behavior in the area of refrigerator safety. The current study aimed to develop a valid and reliable tool in the form of a questionnaire, the Consumer Refrigerator Safety Questionnaire (CRSQ), for assessing systematically all these aspects. Items relating to refrigerator safety knowledge (n = 17), perceptions (n = 46), and reported behavior (n = 30) were developed and pilot tested by an expert reference group and various consumer groups to assess face and content validity (n = 20), item difficulty and consistency (n = 55), and construct validity (n = 23). The findings showed that the CRSQ has acceptable face and content validity with acceptable levels of item difficulty. Item consistency was observed for 12 of 15 in refrigerator safety knowledge. Further, all 5 of the subscales of consumer perceptions of refrigerator safety practices relating to risk of developing foodborne disease showed acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's a value >0.8). Construct validity of the CRSQ was shown to be very good (P = 14; 0.022). The CRSQ exhibited acceptable test-retest reliability at 14 days with the majority of knowledge items (93.3%) and reported behavior items (96.4%) having correlation coefficients of greater than 0.70. Overall, the CRSQ was deemed valid and reliable in assessing refrigerator safety knowledge and behavior; therefore, it has the potential for future use in identifying groups of individuals at increased risk of deviating from recommended refrigerator safety practices, as well as the assessment of refrigerator safety knowledge and behavior for use before and after an intervention.
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- Original title: Development of the consumer refrigerator safety questionnaire: a measure of consumer perceptions and practices.
- Record ID : 30019417
- Languages: English
- Source: Journal of Food Protection - vol. 79 - n. 9
- Publication date: 2016/09
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-15-462
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