Assesment of the reactions of caregivers of a cancer patients: valıdıty and reliability of the scale of "Your reactions helping your family member" in Turkısh society.
BACKGROUND
This study has been descriptively designed in order to evaluate the validity and reliability of the scale of "Your Reactions to Helping Your Family Member" for Turkish society. The scale that was developed by Archbold and Steward in 1983 being applied at caregivers is included within Family Care Inventory.


METHODS
The scale which is adapted for Turkey was applied to 132 caregivers of cancer patients, who are family members, twice by face-to-face interview method. Sample of the study consists of 132 caregivers of cancer patients who had outpatient treatment in chemotherapy unit of a university hospital in İzmir. Quantitative and percentage Ugur and Fadiloglu tests were used in the analysis of descriptive data regarding caregivers, Kendall W analysis was used to assess content validity of the scale, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation was used for test-retest reliability of the scale and Cronbach Alpha Analysis was used for internal consistency.


RESULTS
Validity of the scale was determined by using Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance (W: 0.62, p > 0.05) and it was evaluated as there's no difference ofopinion among the experts. Test-retest reliability coefficient between the first and the second application of the scale was found - as. 88.


CONCLUSIONS
The scale which is ascertained to be valid and reliable as a result of our study can be used to assess the reactions of caregivers of cancer patients during the care giving period in Turkish society.
Department of Oncology Nursing, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Nursing, Izmir- 35340, Turkey.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult