Assesment of the reactions of caregivers of a cancer patients: Valdty and reliability of the scale of "Your reactions helping your family member" in Turksh society
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Tarih
2013
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Indian Cancer Soc
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Background: This study has been descriptively designed in order to evaluate the validity and reliability of the scale of "Your Reactions to Helping Your Family Member" for Turkish society. The scale that was developed by Archbold and Steward in 1983 being applied at caregivers is included within Family Care Inventory. Materials and Methods: The scale which is adapted for Turkey was applied to 132 caregivers of cancer patients, who are family members, twice by face-to-face interview method. Sample of the study consists of 132 caregivers of cancer patients who had outpatient treatment in chemotherapy unit of a university hospital in Izmir. Quantitative and percentage Ugur and Fadiloglu tests were used in the analysis of descriptive data regarding caregivers, Kendall W analysis was used to assess content validity of the scale, Pearsons Product Moment Correlation was used for test-retest reliability of the scale and Cronbach Alpha Analysis was used for internal consistency. Results: Validity of the scale was determined by using Kendalls Coefficient of Concordance (W: 0.62, p > 0.05) and it was evaluated as theres no difference ofopinion among the experts. Test-retest reliability coefficient between the first and the second application of the scale was found - as. 88. Conclusions: The scale which is ascertained to be valid and reliable as a result of our study can be used to assess the reactions of caregivers of cancer patients during the care giving period in Turkish society.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Cancer, Caregiver, Validity and reliability, Your reactions to helping your family member
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Indian Journal of Cancer
WoS Q Değeri
Q4
Scopus Q Değeri
Q4
Cilt
50
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3
