Functional evaluation of treatment of chronic disease: Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale

This study was conducted for the purpose of adapting the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp) for the Turkish context and determining its validity and reliability. In 2016, a convenience sample of 137 cancer patients from Malatya State Hospital compl...

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Published in:Palliative & supportive care 2017-12, Vol.15 (6), p.684-692
Main Authors: Aktürk, Ümmühan, Erci, Behice, Araz, Murat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Chemotherapy
Chronic Disease - psychology
Chronic Disease - therapy
Chronic illnesses
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality
Neoplasms - psychology
Neoplasms - therapy
Original Articles
Psychometrics - instrumentation
Psychometrics - methods
Psychometrics - standards
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Religion
Reproducibility of Results
Spirituality
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
Validity
Well being
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Summary:This study was conducted for the purpose of adapting the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp) for the Turkish context and determining its validity and reliability. In 2016, a convenience sample of 137 cancer patients from Malatya State Hospital completed a structured questionnaire, which provided demographic characteristics, and the FACIT-Sp-12 for patients with cancer. The obtained data were assessed using Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient (α), Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient (r), factor analysis, Bartlett's test of sphericity, and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy. The result of the KMO test was determined to be 0.827 and that of Bartlett's test 988.692, and both were observed to be significant at a level of p 
ISSN:1478-9515
1478-9523
DOI:10.1017/S1478951517000013