2021
A self‐applied valid scale for rapid tracking of household food insecurity among pregnant women in Sri Lanka
Agampodi TC, Hromi‐Fiedler A, Agampodi SB, Amarasinghe GS, Wickramasinghe ND, Jayasinghe IU, Hettiarachchi AU, Perez‐Escamilla R. A self‐applied valid scale for rapid tracking of household food insecurity among pregnant women in Sri Lanka. Maternal And Child Nutrition 2021, 17: e13165. PMID: 33733618, PMCID: PMC8189217, DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological distressConcurrent validityModel-fitting analysesItem severity scoresGood model fitCognitive testingAdult versionParameter logistic modelPregnant womenPsychometric propertiesSecurity ScaleValid scaleCaribbean Food Security ScalePsychometric validationCOVID-19 pandemicModel fitDistressSTATA version 14Item 8Valid toolPregnancy cohortSeverity scoreSpecial clinicFood Security ScaleHousehold food insecurity
2017
Body image construct of Sri Lankan adolescents
Goonapienuwala BL, Agampodi SB, Kalupahana NS, Siribaddana S. Body image construct of Sri Lankan adolescents. Ceylon Medical Journal 2017, 62: 40-46. PMID: 28390331, DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v62i1.8433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody image constructsBody imageBody Image QuestionnaireSri Lankan adolescentsImage constructImage QuestionnaireMultidimensional body image questionnairesThree-factor modelVisual perceptionTest-retest reliabilityBody perceptionIdentical factor structureFactor structurePsychometric propertiesAdolescentsFactor analysisSinhalese languageGrade ninePerceptionCronbach's alphaConstructsContent validationQuestionnaireSame questionnaireTotal variance