Turkish validity and reliability of the Self-Report Instrument to Measure Patient Safety Attitudes, Skills, and Knowledge

TURAN N., Melikoglu S. E., Nas Z.

BMC NURSING, vol.23, no.1, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/s12912-024-02091-9
  • Journal Name: BMC NURSING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AimsThe present study was carried out methodologically to provide the Turkish equivalence of the Self-Report Instrument to Measure Patient Safety Attitudes, Skills, and Knowledge and to determine its reliability and validity.MethodsThis methodological study included 317 nurses. The back-translation method was used to test the linguistic equivalence of the methodological scale. Experts' opinions were asked to test its content validity. Time invariance (test-retest reliability) and internal consistency were tested to test its reliability. A group of 100 nurses participated in the test-retest. The content validity index and confirmatory factor analysis were used to test its validity.ResultsThe scale was highly reliable, with a content validity index value of 0.965 and an overall internal consistency coefficient of 0.875. Confirmatory Factor Anaysis (CFA) showed that the goodness-of-fit indices were good and that the model was suitable for this situation.ConclusionsThe Turkish version of this scale is reliable and valid for evaluating nurses' knowledge and attitudes about patient safety and their perceptions of patient safety culture. Therefore, it is possible to apply this approach in studies carried out in T & uuml;rkiye.