Citation

Deniz Doğan S, Arslan S. J. Burn Care Res. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Cukurova University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Surgical Nursing Department, Adana /TURKEY.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Burn Association, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1093/jbcr/irz091

PMID

31190060

Abstract

This study was conducted to adapt the Burn Specific Pain Anxiety Scale into Turkish, and to test its validity and reliability. The study was conducted between April 2016 and July 2017 in a university and a training/research hospital using the methodological research model. The population of the study consisted of patients hospitalized in burn units during the abovementioned dates. The study was conducted with a total of 50 burn patients, who met the inclusion criteria, and who volunteered to participate in the study. Validity and reliability analyses were performed using language, content and construct validities, and a reliability analysis. The language validity of the Burn Specific Pain Anxiety Scale was tested using back translation method, and the content validity was tested using expert opinions. The results of exploratory factor analysis (0.727-0.910) demonstrated a single factor structure, and the factor loads were adequate. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the fit indexes were appropriate. To measure internal consistency of the scale, item total correlation was used, and the correlations were found to be adequate (0.59-0.96). The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.95. It was determined that the Turkish version of the Burn Specific Pain Anxiety Scale is a valid and a reliable assessment tool.

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Language: en

Keywords

Anxiety; Burn Patients; Pain; Reliability; Validity