title: [The validity and reliability study of MBPI (Multidimensional Blood/Injury Phobia Inventory)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to translate the 40-item MBPI (Multidimensional Blood/Injury Phobia Inventory) into Turkish and examination the reliability and validity figures of this scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  Trained interviewers assessed 477 factory workers using a battery of self-report measures including demographic information and MBPI that had been translated into Turkish by the study team. 61 of the 477 were also interviewed face-to-face by the investigator using the anxiety disorders/phobias sections of the CIDI (Composite International Diagnostic Interview).
  
  
  RESULTS
  MBPI had high internal consistency value (Cronbach alpha= 0.94). Validity studies showed scales successfully discriminated patient groups from healthy controls. Factor analysis of MBPI resulted in five factors; the factor contents were very similar to the original scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study has demonstrated the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of MBPI.
authors.forename: Sertaç
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ak
authors.forename: Hacer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Birgül Ak
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kılıç
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult