The Self-Perceived Burden Scale: A Validation Study in Turkish Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Year 2022, Volume: 1 Issue: 3, 18 - 27, 30.12.2022

Ümmühan Aktürk , Semra Aktürk , Behice Erci

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the scale by adapting “Self-Load Perception” into Turkish for patients with spinal cord injury.

Metarials and Methods: The research was carried out on 125 patients with spinal cord injury diagnosis between July 2016 and May 2017. Information form and self-load perception scale were used in the research. Research data were tested with Cronbach's alpha (α), single factor analysis, Bartlett and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin analysis.

Results and Conclusion: In the present study, the KMO measure of the Self-perceived Burden Scale was determined to be 0.89 and the Bartlett’s test of sphericity was found to be 2.919. The Cronbach α reliability coefficient of the SPBS was determined to be 0.96. As a result of these analyses, one factor had an Eigen value of 1 and higher, which explains 60.89% of the total variance found. It has been determined that the single-factor version of the SPBS is a valid and reliable scale for Turkey and can be used to evaluate the self-perceived burden levels of patients who have a spinal cord injury.

Keywords

Spinal cord injury, self-perceived burden scale, nursing, validity, Omurilik yaralanması, kendi kendine algılanan yük, hemşirelik, geçerlilik

Kendini Yük Algılama Ölçeği: Omurilik Yaralanması Olan Türk Hastalarda Bir Validasyon Çalışması

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı Spinal Kord yaralanması olan hastalarda için “Kendini Yük Algılama Ölçeği”nin Türkçeye uyarlanması ve geçerlilik çalışmasının yapılmaı ile ölçeğin psikometrik özelliklerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Materyal ve Metod: Araştırma Temmuz 2016 - Mayıs 2017 tarihlerinde 125 omirilik yaralanması tanısı olan hasta üzerinde gerçekleştirildi. Araştırmada bilgi formu ve Kendini yük algılama ölçeği kullanıldı. Araştırma verileri Cronbach alfa güvenirlik katsayısı (α), tek faktörlü analiz, Bartlett testi ve Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) analizleri kullanılmıştır.

Bulgular ve Sonuç: Bu çalışmada Kendini Yük Algılama Ölçeğinin KMO ölçüsü 0.89, Bartlett'in küresellik testi ise 2.919 olarak bulunmuştur. Kendinden algılanan yük ölçeğinin Cronbach α güvenirlik katsayısı 0.96 olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu analizler sonucunda bir faktörün öz değeri 1 ve üzerinde olup, bulunan toplam varyansın %60.89'unu açıklamaktadır. Kendini Yük Algılama Ölçeğinin tek faktörlü versiyonunun Türkçe geçerli bir ölçek olduğu ve omurilik yaralanması olan hastaların kendi kendine algıladıkları yük düzeylerini değerlendirmek için kullanılabileceği belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Omurilik yaralanması, kendi kendine algılanan yük, hemşirelik, geçerlilik

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