Heart Healthy Lenoir: Return of Results Study

The Prevention and Planning Behaviors Scale is a recently developed tool that provides a direct measure of degrees of influence on participants' motivation to change their health behavior in translational genomic studies. It has 23-items where participants rate themselves using a 5-point Likert scale (1=A Lot Less Motivated to 5=A Lot More Motivated).

Eating habits will be assessed using a 10-item Block questionnaire designed to capture the frequency with which participants eat particular items from different food groups. Participants will rate themselves on a 6-point scale ranging from "Less than 1 time per WEEK" to "2+ a DAY."

The 16-item RESIDE Neighborhood Physical Activity Questionnaire will be used to assess context-specific walking behavior through self-report. Participants are asked how often they walk, how long, to where, and similar questions about what other types of physical activity they might engage in. Giles-Corti B, Timperio A, Cutt H, Pikora TJ, Bull FC, Knuiman M, et al. Development of a reliable measure of walking within and outside the local neighborhood: RESIDE's Neighborhood Physical Activity Questionnaire. Preventive medicine 2006;42(6):455-459.

The Psychological Adaptation Scale (PAS) measures adaptation to health risk information via a 20-item questionnaire rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1=Not At All to 5=Very Much). This questionnaire measures adaptation in 4 domains: coping efficacy, self-esteem, social integration, and spiritual well-being. This scale was developed specifically for use in genomic studies to measure adaptation and aid understanding in the relationship between health outcomes and psychological well-being. Biesecker BB, Erby LH, Woolford S, Adcock JY, Cohen JS, Lamb A, et al. Development and validation of the Psychological Adaptation Scale (PAS): Use in six studies of adaptation to a health condition or risk. Patient Educ Couns 2013.