Developing and Validating a Measurement Instrument for the Effects of E-Governance on Health Record Management Practices: A Pilot Study.

Abstract:

An essential aspect of empirical research is the development of appropriate measurement scale which will be further used in the main study. As a result of this, the paper is a pilot study that developed a questionnaire for measuring three constructs; e governance in health, referral and record management practices titled EGHRM. The items that made up measurement scale were adapted from various studies which underwent content validity by three experts, composite and Cronbach’s Apha reliability, convergent validity using average variance extracted, and discriminant validity where test for using SPSS. The results of this various test met the relevant and acceptable threshold found in extant literatures making the instrument valid for future data collection.