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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
Euro Nursing 2017
October 26-28, 2017
32
nd
EURO
NURSING AND MEDICARE SUMMIT
October 26-28, 2017 | Paris, France
Turkish validity and reliability study of HIV treatment knowledge scale
Gulcan Bahcecioglu Turan, Mehtap Kavurmacı, Nuray Dayapoglu
and
Mehtap Tan
Ataturk University
Objectives
: This study was developed in 2007 by Balfour et al. to determine the level of knowledge of HIV patients, healthcare
professionals and the community. HIV Treatment Knowledge Scale of the Turkish version was performed to assess the validity
and reliability.
Material & Method
: The nurses working at a university hospital in Turkey between November 2016 and June 2017 formed
the universe of the methodological research; the sample who agreed to participate in the study mentioned in the universe
has created 210 nurses. Scope and structure validity were made after the translation process of the scale. After receiving the
expert opinion, the coverage validity index was calculated, explanatory factor analysis for construct validity; item analysis for
reliability and internal consistency analysis were made
Results
: As a result of the evaluations and analyzes made; It was determined that the HIV Treatment Knowledge Scale could
be used as one-dimensional. The mean score of the HIV Treatment Knowledge Scale was 9.65±4.65. The scale had a total
Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.80.
Conclusion
: The findings of the study showed that the HIV Treatment Knowledge Scale was similar to the original scale, that
the reliability of validity was very high and could be used in Turkey.
Biography
Young researcher Gülcan Bahçecioğlu Turan I was born in 1986 Elazığ. I graduated from nursing in 2009. İn 2013. Atatürk University Faculty of health sciences,
internal medicine, I finished the master's degree in nursing. NowAtatürk University health sciences faculty of internal medicine in nursing, PhD student and research
assistant.
glcnbah@hotmail.comGulcan Bahçecioğlu Turan et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-061