title: Reliability and validity of the family needs scale in a Turkish population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to adapt an English version of the survey tool Family Needs Scale (FNS) for Turkish patients and to evaluate its psychometric properties.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Social care providers can reduce the risk for dysfunction in low-income families of preschoolers and increase resilience by responding to needs identified by the families themselves. Quality instruments developed to identify family needs within this population are scarce. To measure the needs of families with disabled children effectively, valid and reliable instruments that are sensitive to parents' expectations and to the constructs of nursing must be used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nine factors were detected in the results, Cronbach's α reliability coefficient was .95 and item-total point correlations were between .32-.81. In addition, it was found that the test-retest correlation value was .91, which was found to be statistically significant (p < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This scale can be used in nursing research projects to evaluate family needs regarding the care of children with a disability.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Nursing Department, Nursing College of Ataturk University, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sonay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilgin
authors.forename: Gulay Ipek
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Coban
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tanriverdi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005192:Family Health; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014421:Turkey
keywords: children; disability; family; needs; validity