Validity and Reliability of a Turkish Version of the Relationship and Sexuality Scale for Kidney Transplant Recipients

Year 2021, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 230 - 238, 12.07.2021

Merve Gönül Akkoç Nilgun Aksoy

https://doi.org/10.53394/akd.962575

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of Relationship and Sexuality Scale for kidney transplant recipients in Turkey.
Material and Methods: This methodological study was conducted with 150 kidney transplant recipients applied to transplant center of a university hospital between November 2016 and February 2017. “Patient Identification Form”, “Relationship and Sexuality Scale” and “The Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale” were used as data collection instruments. The data were analyzed on SPSS 23 through numbers, percentage, mean, standard deviation, content validity index, factor analysis, correlation analysis and coefficient alpha. The validity of the scale was tested using the content validity index and confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses. The process of adaptation and translation of instruments by World Health Organization was followed to provide language validity. Expert opinion was received for content validity and it was found to be coherent. The questionnaire’s factor structure demonstrated good fit, implying that it could be applied to the Turkish kidney transplant recipients population.
Results: The scale consisted of three sub-dimensions according to validity testing. None of the original items were excluded. The general cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the scale was found 0.84. The principal components analysis revealed 3 factors explaining 66.40% of the variance. Correlations between item-total correlation and sub-dimensions were found positive, medium-level and statistically significant (p<0.01).
Conclusion: Content validity, construct validity, and reliability analyses of the Relationship and Sexuality Scale revealed that the scale may be used to measure relationships and sexuality of kidney transplant recipients in Turkey.

Keywords

Kidney transplantation, Relationship and sexuality scale, Validity, Reliability

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Böbrek Nakli Alıcılarında İlişki ve Cinsellik Ölçeği’nin Türkçe Versiyonunun Geçerlik ve Güvenirliği

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Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı; böbrek nakli alıcılarında İlişki ve Cinsellik Ölçeği’nin Türkiye’de geçerlik ve güvenirliğini değerlendirmektir.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Metodolojik tipte olan bu çalışma Kasım 2016-Şubat 2017 tarihleri arasında bir Üniversite Hastanesi’nin Organ Nakli Polikliniği’ne başvuran 150 böbrek nakli alıcısı ile yapılmıştır. Veri toplama araçları olarak “Hasta Tanılama Formu”, “İlişki ve Cinsellik Ölçeği” ve “Arizona Cinsel
Yaşantılar Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Veriler, SPSS 23 paket programında sayı, yüzde, ortalama, standart sapma, içerik geçerliği, faktör analizi, korelasyon analizi, cronbach alfa katsayısı hesaplanarak analiz yapılmıştır. Ölçeğin geçerliliği, kapsam geçerlilik indeksi ve doğrulayıcı ve açıklayıcı faktör analizleri kullanılarak test edilmiştir. Ölçek uyarlama dil geçerliğinde Dünya Sağlık Örgütü’nün önerdiği ölçeklerin adaptasyon ve çeviri süreci prosedürü izlenmiştir. Anketin faktör yapısı, Türk böbrek nakli alıcı popülasyonuna uygulanabileceğini ima ederek iyi bir uyum göstermiştir.
Bulgular: Geçerlik analizi sonucunda ölçeğin 3 alt boyuttan oluştuğu belirlenmiştir. Orijinal ölçekten madde çıkarılmamıştır. Ölçeğin genel Cronbach alfa katsayısı 0.84 olarak bulunmuştur. Temel bileşenler analizi, varyansın %66.40’ını açıklayan 3 faktörü ortaya çıkarmıştır. Ölçeğin madde
toplam puan korelasyonları ve alt boyutları arasındaki korelasyonları pozitif yönde, orta düzeyde ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlı (p<0.01) olduğu saptanmıştır.
Sonuç: İlişki ve Cinsellik Ölçeği’nin içerik geçerliği, yapı geçerliği ve güvenilirlik analizleri, ölçeğin böbrek nakli alıcılarında ilişki ve cinselliği ölçmek için Türkiye’de geçerli ve güvenilir bir araç olarak kullanılabileceğini ortaya koydu.

Keywords

Böbrek nakli, İlişki ve cinsellik ölçeği, Geçerlik, Güvenirlik

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