Palmquist Eva, Petrie Keith J, Nordin Steven
Department of Psychology, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Int J Behav Med. 2017 Feb;24(1):54-65. doi: 10.1007/s12529-016-9576-5.
The modern health worries (MHW) scale was developed to assess individuals' worries about aspects of modernity and technology affecting personal health. The aim of this study was to psychometrically evaluate a Swedish version of the MHW scale and to provide Swedish normative data.
Data were collected as part of the Västerbotten Environmental Health Study, which has a random sample of 3406 Swedish adults (18-79 years).
The Swedish version of the MHW scale showed excellent internal consistency and satisfactory convergent validity. A four-factor structure consistent with the original version was confirmed. The model showed invariance across age and sex. A slightly positively skewed and platykurtic distribution was found. Normative data for the general population and for combinations of specific age groups (young, middle aged, and elderly) and sex are presented.
The psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the MHW scale suggest that use of this instrument is appropriate for assessing worries about modernity in Swedish-speaking and similar populations. The scale now has the advantage of good normative data being available. MHW may hold importance for understanding and predicting the development of functional disorders, such as idiopathic environmental intolerance and other medically unexplained conditions.
现代健康担忧（MHW）量表旨在评估个体对影响个人健康的现代性和技术方面的担忧。本研究的目的是对MHW量表的瑞典语版本进行心理测量评估，并提供瑞典语常模数据。
数据收集作为韦斯特博滕环境卫生研究的一部分，该研究随机抽取了3406名瑞典成年人（18 - 79岁）。
MHW量表的瑞典语版本显示出优异的内部一致性和令人满意的收敛效度。证实了与原始版本一致的四因素结构。该模型在年龄和性别上具有不变性。发现分布略呈正偏态且峰度较低。给出了一般人群以及特定年龄组（青年、中年和老年）与性别的组合的常模数据。
MHW量表瑞典语版本的心理测量特性表明，该工具适用于评估瑞典语人群及类似人群对现代性的担忧。该量表现在具有可获得良好常模数据的优势。MHW对于理解和预测功能性障碍的发展可能具有重要意义，如特发性环境不耐受和其他医学上无法解释的病症。
