Measurement properties of the Health Anxiety by Proxy Scale (HAPYS): A new questionnaire to assess parents' worries about their child's health.

Katrine IngemanKristi D WrightLisbeth FrostholmDitte Hoffmann FrydendalEva ØrnbølCharlotte Ulrikka Rask

Published in: Journal of psychosomatic research (2023)

The findings support that HAPYS is a useful measure of health anxiety by proxy. Future research should examine the measurement properties in larger samples and different languages with further statistical analyses of structural validity.

Keyphrases

public health
healthcare
mental health
health promotion
sleep quality
cross sectional
physical activity
current status
climate change
psychometric properties