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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
The self-perceived burden scale: a validation study in Turkish patients with spinal cord injury
1
Ummuhan AKTURK ,
2
Semra AKTÜRK
and
3
Behice ERCi
1,3
Inonu Unıversıty, Turkey
Objective
: This study was conducted with the purpose of assessing validity and reliability of The Self-perceived burden scale,
which was developed to evaluate the self-perceived burden scale, of spinal cord injury patients in Turkish society.
Method
: In July 2016 and May 2017, a convenience sample of 125 spinal cord injury patients from Malatya State Hospital
and Inönü University Turgut Ozal Medical Center completed a structured questionnaire, which provided demographic
characteristics, andThe Self-perceived burden scale, for patients with spinal cord injury. The obtained data were assessed using
Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient (a), factor analysis, Bartlett’s test of sphericity, and the Kaiser– Meyer– Olkin (KMO)
measure of sampling adequacy.
Results
: In the present study, the result of the KMO test was determined to be 0.89, and that of Bartlett’s test was 2.919; both
tests were observed to be significant at p<0.001. The Cronbach α reliability coefficient of the self-perceived burden scale, was
determined to be 0.96.
Significance of results
: As a result of the statistical analyses, it was determined that the self-perceived burden scale, had
validity and reliability and could be used in the Turkish patients with spinal cord injury. The Turkish version of the adapted the
self-perceived burden scale, has shown statistically acceptable levels of reliability and validity.
Biography
In 2004 I completed my license at Inonu University. In 2012 I finished my master's degree in Inonu University. I completed my doctor in the Public Health nurse of
Inonu University in 2016. I am currently working as an assistant professor in Inonu University Health Sciences Faculty Public Health nursing.
ummuhan_akturk@hotmail.comUmmuhan AKTURK et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-061