Investigation of the Sense Responsibility and Lifestyles of Sport-Scientific Faculty Students

This study was conducted to determine the levels of perception of aphasia (alexithymia) and loneliness in university students. The model of the research is descriptive and cross-sectional. It was held between February 1 and May 31, 2017. Survey form was used as data collection tool in the research. The questionnaire consists of personal information consisting of 8 questions, Toronto Alexithymia (TAS) scale consisting of 26 questions and UCLA loneliness scale consisting of 20 questions. The Toronto Alexithymia scale (TAS) scale is a self-reported scale consisting of 26 questions and 4 subscales to scale the alexithymic characteristics of individuals. The scale was developed by Taylar and Bagby (1988), first used by Dereboy (1990) in the expertise thesis and adapted to Turkish by Varol (1998). Scale sub-dimensions and Cronbach's Alpha coefficients obtained in this study are given respectively. 0.752 for the imagination, 0,752 for the constraint sub-dimension in the case of dreams, 0,761 for the sub-dimension of difficulty in distinguishing and recognizing feelings and physical senses, 0,718 for the sub-dimension of recognizing, recognizing and talking about emotion, and cognitive structure sub- was found to be 0.784. The scale was developed by Russell and colleagues and reorganized by Russell et al. (1980). The Turkish reliability and validity study of the scale was conducted by Yaparel (1984). The scale is one-dimensional. In this study, Cronbach's Alpha coefficient for the UCLA scale was 0,782. The universe of the research is constituted by students from the Department of Teaching, Coaching Department, Management Department and Recreation Department of the Faculty of Sports Sciences of Fırat University in 2016-2017. The sample of the research consists of 350 students who are educated in these sections. A simple coincidental voluntary sampling method was used in the selection of the sample. In the reliability of the sample, sample size calculation formula prepared by Yazıcıoglu and Erdogan (2004) was used. The data were analyzed in the SPSS 16 packet program. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, t test, anova test and correlation analysis were used.

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Translation, Cultural Adjustment and Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of “Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form” for Patients with Schizophrenia

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis ◽

10.1515/afmnai-2017-0005 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 35-42

Author(s):

Aleksandra Petrović-Kitić ◽

Slobodan Janković

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Short Form ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Cultural Adjustment ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Component Solution

Summary The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form is the most often used scale for measuring the quality of life of patients with psychiatric diseases. The aim of this research was to analyze the possibilities for measuring the quality of life in clinical conditions on the sample of patients with schizophrenia by using this scale. The study was conducted on the group including 153 patients with schizophrenia at the Institution for Accommodation of Adults “Male Pčelice”, Kragujevac. The study was observational and cross-sectional. The reliability of questionnaire was examined by using Cronbach’s alpha. The two tests of factor analysis adequacy were used, Spherical Bartlett’s Test and Keiser-Meyer-Olkin test (sampling adequacy). Validation was performed by calculating the correlation (validation by criteria). The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form was reliable (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.730) and valid. According to Catell criterion two domains were applied. This two-component solution explained the total of 37.80% variance, whereby the contribution of the first domain was 27.1% and the second 10.7%. The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form is suitable for everyday clinical evaluation of the patients with schizophrenia.

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Reliability and Validity of Healthy Fitness Measurement Scale Version1.0 (HFMS V1.0) in Chinese Elderly People

10.21203/rs.3.rs-150641/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Qian Liu ◽

Hui Zhou ◽

Heng Qiu ◽

Chen Huang ◽

Lijie Jiang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Elderly People ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Measurement Scale ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Acceptable Reliability

Abstract Purpose. We examined the reliability and validity of the Healthy Fitness Measurement Scale Version 1.0 (HFMS V1.0) specifically on elderly people in China.Methods. We carried out a cross-sectional study in December 2020 and enrolled 800 elderly people through stratified sampling technique. The level of healthy fitness was measured using the HFMS V1.0. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient, split-half reliability, test-retest reliability, convergent and discriminant construct validity, exploratory factor and confirmatory factor were calculated for assessing the reliability and validity of HFMS V1.0.Results. The valid samples were comprised of 777 samples (with a mean age of 71.81 ±8.36 years), 382(49.2 %) were women. HFMS V1.0 consists of 8 dimensions and 38 items. The scale had acceptable reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.920, split-half = 0.946, test-retest = 0.878). The correlation of each item, dimension and subscales ranged from 0.528 to 0.888 (p < 0.001). Exploratory factor analysis uncovered 11 factors with the cumulative contribution rate of 68.09% and all factor loads over 0.40. The item distribution was consistent with the initial expectation of the scale. The confirmatory factor analysis indicated good fit: CMIN/DF=2.773, RMSEA=0.048, IFI=0.915, TLI=0.904, CFI=0.915.Conclusion. HFMS V1.0 was shown to have acceptable reliability and validity. Collectively, HFMS V1.0 is reliable and efficient to measure the healthy fitness of elderly people.

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Validation of the Japanese version of the Barriers Questionnaire II in cancer pain management: a cross-sectional study

10.21203/rs.2.17373/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Naoki Sakakibara ◽

Hiroko Komatsu ◽

Mikako Takahashi ◽

Hideko Yamauchi ◽

Teruo Yamauchi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pain Management ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Japanese Version ◽

Japanese Patients ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cronbach's Alpha

Abstract Background: The Barriers Questionnaire II (BQ-II) was developed to assess barriers to effective pain management. In this study, we aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the newly developed Japanese version of the BQ-II (JBQ-II).Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design. The study was conducted an ambulatory infusion center for cancer in a general hospital in Tokyo, Japan. Participants were 120 Japanese patients with cancer and 21 Japanese health professionals with experience in pain management. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to calculate reliability. Test–retest reliability was assessed with Spearman’s intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). Construct, criterion-related, and discriminant validity were assessed using information about pain management, daily life, mental health, and subjective health.Results: The Cronbach’s alpha was 0.90 for the JBQ-II, and all ICCs exceeded 0.70 (P < 0.01). Factor analysis showed the JBQ-II had a virtually identical structure to the BQ-II, and path analysis supported the JBQ-II constructs. The JBQ-II was weakly correlated with poor mental state (r = 0.36, P < 0.01). Patients’ JBQ-II scores were significantly higher than health professionals’ scores.Conclusion: The JBQ-II is a valid and reliable measure of patient-related barriers to pain management among Japanese people with cancer.

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Sports sponsorship for communication companies reliability and validity study of measurementİletişim şirketlerinin spor sponsorluğu ölçeğinin güvenirlik ve geçerlik çalışması

Journal of Human Sciences ◽

10.14687/jhs.v14i4.4622 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 3615

Author(s):

Özge Ercan ◽

Oğuz Özbek

Keyword(s):

Personal Information ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Validity Study ◽

Measurement Tool ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Test Form ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Sports Sponsorship

Nowadays, the concept of the sports sponsorship is considered as a marketing activity that attracts the attention of the company from every sector. The aim of this study is to develop a scale to determine how communication companies' sports sponsorship practices are perceived. Research is a screening model. 47 items and personal information were included in the test form of the measurement tool. The evaluation of the items in the scale form was made with a 5-point Likert-type rating consisting of values ranging from 1 to 5. The validity and reliability studies were performed by applying the measurement tool to 250 participants who participated voluntarily. The item total correlation values were examined for the validity study and explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis was applied. For reliability, Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was calculated. In communication Companies Sports sponsorship scale, there are 25 items totaly; 9 items in cooperation dimension, 8 items in support dimension and 8 items in impact dimension. The increase in points that can be taken from the subscales of the scale indicates that sports sponsorship practices are positive and helpful. As a result, the Communication Companies Sports Sponsorship Scale was found to be valid and reliable.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetSpor sponsorluğu kavramı günümüzde her sektörden şirketin dikkatini çeken bir pazarlama faaliyetidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, iletişim şirketlerinin spor sponsorluğu uygulamalarının nasıl algılandığını saptamak için bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Araştırma tarama modelindedir. Ölçme aracının deneme formunda 47 madde ve kişisel bilgiler yer almıştır. Ölçek formunda yer alan maddelerin değerlendirilmesi 1’den 5’e kadar değişen değerlerden oluşan 5’li Likert tipi derecelendirme ile yapılmıştır. Ölçme aracı gönüllü katılan 250 kişiye uygulanarak, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması yapılmıştır. Geçerlik çalışması için madde bütün korelasyon katsayılarına bakılmış, doğrulayıcı ve açımlayıcı faktör analizi uygulanmıştır. Cronbach’s Alpha katsayısı ile güvenirlik hesaplanmıştır. İletişim Şirketleri Spor sponsorluğu ölçeği, etki boyutunda 8, işbirliği boyutunda 9 ve destek boyutunda 8 madde olmak üzere toplam 25 maddeden oluşmuştur. Ölçek alt boyutlarından alınabilecek puanların artması, spor sponsorluğu uygulamalarının olumlu olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuç olarak, İletişim Şirketleri Spor Sponsorluğu Ölçeğinin geçerli ve güvenilir olduğu saptanmıştır.

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Reliability and Validity of the Malay Version of Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) When Administered to Postpartum Mothers at Two Points in Time

IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia ◽

10.31436/imjm.v18i1.226 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Nursazila Asikin MA ◽

Siti Norhani S ◽

Nur Arzuar AR ◽

Eshaifol Azam O

Keyword(s):

Postpartum Depression ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Postpartum Period ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Spearman's Rho ◽

Spearman’S Rho

Introduction: Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) is a tool used to assess the risk of postpartum depression (PPD). In this study we determined the reliability and validity of the Malay version of EPDS when administered at two different time points in the postpartum period. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study design was carried out between May and September 2017 at three government primary healthcare clinics located in Batang Padang district, a suburban area of Perak state in Peninsular Malaysia. We recruited a total of 89 women; 41 women were in the early postpartum period (1-30 days) and 48 women were in the late postpartum period (31-120 days). Cronbach's alpha coefficient, inter-item correlation, and corrected item-total correlation were used to assess the internal consistency. The concurrent validity was assessed using Spearman’s correlation. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 and R 3.4.2. Results: The Cronbach’s alpha for the first and second group was 0.78 and 0.62, respectively, which indicated satisfactory reliability. At both time periods, removing Item 2 from the scale resulted in a significant increase in Cronbach’s alpha (to 0.847 and 0.709, respectively). As expected, the EPDS scores correlated moderately with the BDI-II scores (1−30 days: Spearman's rho = 0.65, p < 0.01; 31−120 days: Spearman's rho = 0.73, p < 0.01). Conclusion: The Malay version of the EPDS is a reliable screening instrument for detecting postpartum depression. It showed reasonability and feasibility and can be used in postpartum clinical settings or for assessing intervention effects in research studies. Furthermore, as our results indicated, removing Item 2 from the Malay version would increase the internal consistency of the EPDS.

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Reliability and validity of the Indonesian version of the aging males’ symptoms

Medical Journal of Indonesia ◽

10.13181/mji.oa.215314 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 211-4

Author(s):

Dyandra Parikesit ◽

Miftah Adityagama ◽

Widi Atmoko ◽

Ponco Birowo ◽

Akmal Taher ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pearson Correlation ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Pearson Correlation Test ◽

Aging Males Symptoms

BACKGROUND Aging males’ symptoms (AMS) scale was developed to study the problems of aging males, especially related to the quality of life. Currently, there is no valid and reliable Indonesian version of the AMS scale. This study was aimed to translate and evaluate the validity and reliability of the Indonesian version of the AMS scale. METHODS This cross-sectional study translated the existing AMS scale into Indonesian, which was tested in 40 years old males from May to August 2020. Cross-cultural validation of the AMS scale was conducted by translating the questionnaire from English to Indonesian by two independent-certified translators. The validity of the Indonesian version of the AMS scale was measured by conducting a Pearson correlation (r) analysis. The reliability of this questionnaire was tested and retested in 118 participants with a 2-week interval. In addition, Cronbach’s alpha value was measured and used as a reference. The first test was conducted in a corporate blood donor event in Matraman, East Jakarta, and the retest was conducted in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital. RESULTS The Indonesian version of the AMS scale was valid and had a good internal consistency with a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.74. The test-retest reliability showed good reliability with an r-value of 0.981. Pearson correlation test showed that all questions in the questionnaire were valid (p<0.05) and correlated positively. CONCLUSIONS The Indonesian version of the AMS scale derived from this study is valid and has good reliability.

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Validation of the Simplified Chinese Version of the Brief Diabetes Quality of Life (DQoL) Questionnaire Based on a Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17238792 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (23) ◽

pp. 8792

Author(s):

Zhijia Tang ◽

Xinying Jiang ◽

Lan Hong ◽

Zhen Feng ◽

Qingfeng He ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Simplified Chinese ◽

Expert Interview

(1) Objective: To assess the reliability and validity of the simplified Chinese version of the brief Diabetes Quality of Life (DQoL) questionnaire in measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional validation study including 277 patients was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Shanghai, China during April–May, 2018. The English brief DQoL was forward and back-translated into simplified Chinese. The expert interview, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and Spearman correlation with the 5-level version of EuroQoL-5 (EQ-5D-5L) were employed to establish its validity. The internal reliability was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha. Participants were also stratified into subgroups to evaluate if the Chinese brief DQoL had more test effectiveness in a specific subpopulation. (3) Results: No items were removed from the original English brief DQoL based on the results of factor analysis and expert interview. The Spearman coefficient revealed a low-moderate inverse correlation between DQoL and EQ-5D-5L index and visual analogue scale (VAS), respectively (ρ1 = −0.364, p < 0.0001; ρ2 = −0.514, p < 0.0001). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the final scale was 0.731. (4) Conclusions: The simplified Chinese version of the brief DQoL questionnaire showed reasonable reliability and validity, suggesting its potential appropriateness for evaluating quality of life in Chinese T2D patients. More future efforts should be made to generalize the application of the findings.

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Reliability and validity of the Antioch Child Hygiene Scale: A scale development study

Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.17532/jhsci.2016.297 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 168-173

Author(s):

Ebru Turhan ◽

Tacettin Inandi

Keyword(s):

Reliability And Validity ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Face Validity ◽

Personal Hygiene ◽

Measurement Scale ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Eigen Value ◽

Post Test

Introduction: Personal hygiene is one of the most important determinants of health. A scale of personal hygiene is a useful tool to evaluate effects of health care interventions. The aim of this study was to develop a new, reliable, and valid measurement scale which can be used to evaluate the hygiene status of children, as well as the effects of the interventions.Methods: A total of 248 students and their parents, from Hatay Province in Turkey, participated in this school-based, cross-sectional study. An item pool was created for the Antioch Child Hygiene Scale (ACHS). Same questions were asked both for children (ACHS-C) and parents (ACHS-P) Data were collected in September 2013. Face validity, Cronbach's alpha, split-half, test-retest, factor analysis, and parallel form reliability were determined for the ACHS.Results: Twelve items that showed a weak correlation were removed from the ACHS. The mean score (standard deviation) was 159.4 ± 9.2 for ACHS-C and 152.2 ± 16.9 for ACHS-P. Cronbach's alpha for ACHS-C was 0.82 in the first test and 0.87 in the retest. Cronbach's alpha for ACHS-P was 0.91 in the first test and 0.94 in the retest. Split-half correlation was 0.59 for ACHS-C and 0.75 for ACHS-P. Correlation between pre-test and post-test scores was 0.54 for ACHS-C and 0.64 for ACHS-P (p < 0.001). In the principle component analysis, (Eigen value was taken greater than 1), 20 components for ACHS-C and 13 components for ACHS-P were extracted. Conclusions: Although both ACHS forms (i.e., ACHS-C and ACHS-P) were reliable in assessing the hygiene status of children, the reliability was higher for ACHS-P. In addition, validity should be improved in both forms of the ACHS. Nevertheless, both scales can be used to assess the hygiene status in school children.

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Validation of the Arabic version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale in Tunisian adolescents

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh-2019-0077 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hela Ghali ◽

Rim Ghammem ◽

Nawel Zammit ◽

Sihem Ben Fredj ◽

Faten Ammari ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Reliability And Validity ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Arabic Version ◽

Alpha Coefficient ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

School Students ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Facebook Addiction

Abstract Background Facebook is by far the most popular social network. Thus, it is important to use a valid measuring tool. This study aimed to validate an Arabic version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS). Methods It was a cross-sectional study conducted among public secondary schools, within the city of Sousse, Eastern Tunisia over 2 months. Students completed self-administrated questionnaires. The revised test-retest version of the scale was given to a sample of ten pilot students in order to check the readability of the translation. Internal consistency was measured using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient in order to assess the extent to which the BFAS items were interrelated. Results A total of 1399 participants took part in the study (60.5% females). Among 1353 students who are using Facebook, 71.8% had non-problematic use. The median score of addiction was 13 ranging from 6 to 30. The median time spent each day on Facebook was 3 h. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.87. Students with higher Facebook addiction scores were significantly more addicted to video games (p = 0.001), and more depressed (p < 0.0001). Conclusion The Arabic-BFAS is consistent as a screening test for Facebook addiction among secondary school students due to having good reliability and validity.

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Fatigue in Pregnancy: The validity and reliability of the Farsi Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue scale

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal [SQUMJ] ◽

10.18295/squmj.2019.19.01.009 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 44 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Forough Mortazavi ◽

Fateme Borzoee

Keyword(s):

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Well Being ◽

World Health ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Alpha Coefficient ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Multidimensional Assessment ◽

Cronbach's Alpha

Objectives: Fatigue is a common discomfort experienced during pregnancy and may contribute to severe labour pain and postpartum depression. This study aimed to translate the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue (MAF) scale into Farsi and validate it in a sample of pregnant Irani women. Methods: This cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted between January and June 2016 at eight healthcare centres in Sabzevar, Iran. The English version of the MAF scale was translated into Farsi and assessed for content validity. Participants completed the Farsi MAF scale and the Farsi World Health Organization-5 Well-being index (WHO-5). Construct validity was assessed through exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were used to determine the internal consistency and stability of the Farsi MAF scale. Results: A total of 582 women met the inclusion criteria, of which 541 completed the MAF scale (response rate: 93%). The EFA of the 15 items confirmed the previously proposed one-factor structure with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.957 for the Farsi MAF scale. Stability was confirmed by the ICC value (0.702) for the Global Fatigue Index (GFI) and the mean GFI was 20.33 ± 12.71. Concurrent validity was confirmed by a moderate negative correlation (r = −0.35; P <0.001) between the scores of the Farsi MAF scale and the Farsi WHO-5. Women who received a high level of support from their husbands, who were satisfied with the quality of their marital relationship and with a well-being score of >50 reported a lower level of fatigue than the other groups (P ≤0.012). Conclusion: The Farsi MAF scale is a reliable and valid questionnaire to investigate fatigue in pregnant Irani women. Interventions to promote marital satisfaction and women’s well-being are recommended. Keywords: Fatigue; Parturition; Pregnancy; Psychometrics; Validation Studies; Reliability and Validity; Iran.

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