Validity and reliability of the Turkish Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale

Aims The aim of the study was to create a Turkish version of the Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale (ARMS‐7) and to examine its validity and reliability. Methods The sample of this methodological type study consisted of 100 Turkish patients with chronic disease. In the evaluation of data, th...

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Published in:International journal of nursing practice 2017-10, Vol.23 (5), p.n/a
Main Authors: Gökdoğan, Feray, Kes, Duygu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adequacy
Adherence
Adult
Aged
Chronic Disease - drug therapy
Chronic illnesses
Confirmatory factor analysis
Drugs
Efficacy
Employees
Evaluation
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Health services
Home environment
Humans
Literacy
Male
Measurement
Medical personnel
Medical treatment
Medication Adherence
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nursing
Prescription drugs
Psychometrics
reliability
Reproducibility of Results
Sampling Studies
Substance abuse treatment
Surveys and Questionnaires
Test-Retest reliability
Translating
Turkey
Validity
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Summary:Aims The aim of the study was to create a Turkish version of the Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale (ARMS‐7) and to examine its validity and reliability. Methods The sample of this methodological type study consisted of 100 Turkish patients with chronic disease. In the evaluation of data, the content validity index, Cronbach α, test‐retest, item total score correlation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and adherence statistics were used. Results The scale's content validity index was 0.94, its Kendal W goodness‐of‐fit test was 0.188 (P = .246), its Cronbach α coefficient was 0.75, and its item total score correlation was between 0.32 and 0.59 (P 
ISSN:1322-7114
1440-172X
DOI:10.1111/ijn.12566