Measuring Care Needs of Parents of Children With Cancer: Psychometric Properties of the FIN-PED II Arabic Version.
OBJECTIVE
This study was conducted to test the Arabic version of the Family Inventory of Needs-Pediatrics II (FIN-PED II).


METHODS
The Arabic FIN-PED II was developed using the translation/back-translation method. Then, an expert panel of 5 parents of children with cancer rated the tool for clarity and content validity. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability was evaluated in a convenience sample of 113 parents of children with cancer.


RESULTS
The FIN-PED II was found to be acceptable and clear to almost all parents. The FIN-PED II demonstrated good psychometric properties. The internal consistency was high with alpha values > 0.70 and high test-retest correlations.


CONCLUSIONS
Although the Arabic FIN-PED II needs further psychometric testing, it is an acceptable, reliable, and valid measure of perceived parents need during child's treatment.
Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Diana H
DH
Arabiat
Ayman
A
Hamdan-Mansour
Mohammad A
MA
Al Jabery
Lina
L
Wardam
Amina
A
Tamimi
D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014175:Translating; D014904:Western Australia