Reliability and Validity of the Spiritual Care-Giving Scale in a Turkish Population

Aim: To evaluate the psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the Spiritual Care-Giving Scale (SCGS) in a sample of Saudi nursing students. Method: A convenience sample of 202 Saudi nursing students was included in this descriptive cross-sectional study. The 35-item Arabic version of the SCGS (SCGS-A) was tested for internal consistency, stability reliability, content validity, and construct validity. Findings: The SCGS-A manifested acceptable internal consistency and stability reliability with computed Cronbach’s alpha ranges from .84 to .94, and an intraclass correlation coefficient of .97. The item-level content validity index ranged from .83 to 1, and the scale-level content validity index (average) was .98. The principal component analysis revealed five dominant components with eigenvalues greater than 1, and a cumulative contribution rate of 62.0%. The five factors were moderately to strongly correlated ( r = .29-.56; p < .001) with each other and with the overall SCGS-A score ( r = .57-.77; p < .001). Conclusion: The SCGS-A manifested an acceptable reliability and validity in Saudi nursing students, which supports its sound psychometric properties. With the establishment of this valid and reliable tool, timely and accurate assessment of student nurses’ perceptions about spirituality and spiritual care can be facilitated.

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Developing and Doing Validity and Reliability of the Motivational Factors Scale of Recreational Motorcycle Usage

ISPEC International Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities ◽

10.46291/ispecijsshvol4iss3pp129-144 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 129-144

Author(s):

Prof. Dr. Faik Ardahan ◽

Selçuk GÜLEÇ

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Turkish Population ◽

Motivational Factors ◽

Motivational Factor ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Bartlett’S Test ◽

Pearson Correlation Test ◽

Questionnaire Form

The main aim of this study is to develop “The Motivational Factors Scale of Recreational Motorcycle Usage - RMKO” and define the validity and reliability for Turkish population. The study was descriptive and sampling group was consisted of 947 volunteer participants all around Turkey. For data collection, e-questionnaire form sent to participants who have Facebook group and Associations of Recreational Motorcycle User, Motorcycle Clubs and Institutions as email. 948 feedbacks were received between 01st December 2016 and 31th May 2017. Six of items of 45 items excluded due to low initial communalities (<0.40) in after first Explatory Factor Analysis (AFA). For the validity of EFA with rest 39 items, Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity and Kaiser–Meyer–Oklin (KMO) have been run, and Pearson Correlation Test has been used for identify correlations between items and components and the results have been assessed in 0.01 and 0.05 significant level. RMKO was grouped into eight factors. These factors are “Socialization”, “To be away and Relaxing”, “Experiencing the Power of Motorcycle”, “Physical Activity and Healthy”, “Renovate/Developed”, “Self-Competition /Achievement”, “Exemplifying”, “Recognition”. As a result, it can be concluded that “The Motivational Factor Scale of Recreational Motorcycle Usage - RMKO” has reliability and validity in the estimation of the reasons of recreational usage of motorcycle for the Turkish population.

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Stroke Impact Scale Version 3.0: Study of Reliability and Validity in Stroke Patients in the Turkish Population

Türkiye Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi ◽

10.5152/tftrd.2014.70487 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 106-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Asli Ozmaden Hantal ◽

Beril Dogu ◽

Raikan Buyukavci ◽

Banu Kuran

Keyword(s):

Reliability And Validity ◽

Turkish Population ◽

Stroke Patients ◽

Stroke Impact Scale ◽

Impact Scale

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Spiritual care in a hospital setting: nurses’ and patients’ perspectives

Nursing Reports ◽

10.4081/nursrep.2012.e7 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 7 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jan P. Vlasblom ◽

Jenny T. Van der Steen ◽

Henk Jochemsem

Keyword(s):

Spiritual Care ◽

Mixed Methods Research ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Hospital Setting ◽

Spiritual Needs ◽

Research Approach ◽

Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽

Care Giving ◽

Perceived Relevance ◽

Relationship Of

Many patients wish to discuss spiritual issues with nurses. Previous work has shown that nurses do so infrequently. A mixed methods research approach was used to investigate the perceptions of spiritual care of nurses and patients. Fifty-one nurses and 75 patients of five hospital departments of a non-academic hospital in the Netherlands were surveyed in 2007. We recorded the nurses’ perception of patient wishes, perceived relevance of spiritual care for patients, spiritual care provided in practice, and their evaluation of the spiritual care provided for the patients. With regard to the patients the nurses cared for, we recorded their satisfaction with the information and experiences of spiritual care provided by the nurses. Furthermore, semi-structured qualitative interviews with eight nurses examined the nurses’ perceptions of spiritual care including perceived barriers and facilitators of spiritual care giving. The nurses generally perceived spiritual care as important. The quantitative and qualitative research indicated that <em>time to listen, availability, empathic skills, openness to other opinions, and a good relationship of trust</em> were important facilitators. Fortyone per cent of the nurses said that few patients received sufficient attention to their spiritual needs. Patients also experienced limitations in the support for and registration of their spiritual needs. Both nurses and patients acknowledged shortcomings in the provision of spiritual care. Even though some issues may be improved relatively easily, such as registering needs, in practice giving spiritual care is complex, as it requires being available and building a relationship with the patient.

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The reliability and validity of the Vertigo Symptom Scale and the Vertigo Dizziness Imbalance Questionnaires in a Turkish patient population with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Journal of Vestibular Research ◽

10.3233/ves-2008-182-309 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 18 (2-3) ◽

pp. 159-170

Author(s):

Burcu Yanik ◽

Duygu Geler Külcü ◽

Yesim Kurtais ◽

Serife Boynukalin ◽

Hanifi Kurtarah ◽

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Keyword(s):

Concurrent Validity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Turkish Population ◽

Symptom Scale ◽

Sf 36 ◽

Quality Of Life Scale ◽

Life Scale ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

The aim of this study was to adapt the Vertigo Symptom Scale (VSS) and the Vertigo Dizziness Imbalance (VDI) Questionnaires to the Turkish population and investigate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version. One hundred and three patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) were included in the study. The patients were evaluated with the VSS and the VDI twice, at recruitment and 24 hours later. To perform concurrent validity study study, patients were also assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form 36 (SF-36) which were formerly proved to be valid and reliable for use in Turkish population. The internal consistency of the VSS, VDI-symptom scale, and VDI-health-related quality of life scale were good with Cronbach's alpha of 0.91, 0.85, and 0.93 respectively which showed high reliability for the Turkish versions. Test-retest reliability was also good, with a high intraclass correlation coefficent (ICC) between the two time points; being 0.83 for the VSS, 0.90 for the VDI-symptom scale and 0.89 for the VDI-health related quality of life scale. Regarding concurrent validity, significant expected correlations were detected between the VSS and BDI (r = 0.55 p < 0.001) and the VSS and SF-36 (r = −0.43 p < 0.001). Significant low correlations were detected between the VDI-SS and BDI (r = 0.20 p < 0.05) and the VDI-SS and SF-36 (r = −0.21 p < 0.05). High correlations were observed between the VDI-HRQoL and BDI (r = −0.75 p < 0.001) and the VDI-HRQoL and SF-36 (r = 0.82, p < 0.001) which indicates high concurrent validity. The correlation between VDI-SS subscale scores and VDI-HRQoL subscale scores were 0.028 (P = 0.778) at the first time point. From the perspective of discriminant validity, it means that the VDI-SS measures a construct different from the one underlying the VDI-HRQoL. The adaptation of the VSS and VDI to the Turkish population was successful and both scales were found to be valid and reliable. Thus, they can be used in Turkish people with BPPV for assessment and monitoring the treatments. Besides, the results of the national studies in which these Turkish versions are used can be compared with those of the international studies.

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Reliability and Validity of a Turkish Version of the Passionate Love Scale

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2014.42.4.673 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 42 (4) ◽

pp. 673-684 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Filiz Yildirim ◽

Sengul Hablemitoglu ◽

Rosemary V. Barnett

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Turkish Population ◽

Turkish Version ◽

Reliable Measure ◽

Passionate Love ◽

Confirmatory Factor

Our purpose in this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of a Turkish version of the Passionate Love Scale (PLS). Participants in the study were 150 undergraduate students. We assessed the construct validity of the PLS using confirmatory factor analysis. To assess the reliability of the PLS we calculated the internal consistency coefficient and found that the Cronbach's alpha was .89. Our results indicated that the PLS was a valid and reliable measure of passionate love with a Turkish population.

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