title: Development and Psychometric Testing of the Turkish-Version Oral Chemotherapy Adherence Scale.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To ensure the quality of patient care, the bioavailability of drugs, and the success of the treatment, it is imperative that nurses evaluate the adherence of patients to pharmaceutical treatments using standard measurement tools that are integrated into the treatment process. No scale that uses psychometric analyses to evaluate this adherence in patients who are on oral chemotherapy is currently available.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study developed and tested the validity and reliability of a Turkish version of the standardized Oral Chemotherapy AdherenceScale (OCAS), a tool that may be used by healthcare personnel to better evaluate patient adherence to their therapies.
  
  
  METHODS
  We developed and examined the validity and reliability of the OCAS using a sample of 306 patients with cancer who were receiving oral chemotherapy. A literature review was conducted to generate the items. An expert panel evaluated content validity; preimplementation was used to evaluate face validity, factor analysis was used to evaluate construct validity, and criterion validity was evaluated using the Medication Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Cronbach's alpha calculated for OCAS (19 items) was .738. A highly significant and positive correlation was observed between the test-retest scores of the participants. A positive significant correlation was observed between the total scores of the participants obtained from OCAS and Medication Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale. As a result of the factor analysis performed for the construct validity of the scale, three factors were defined that accounted for approximately 43% of the total variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The OCAS has acceptable psychometric properties and is appropriate for use in research and clinical practice settings to evaluate patient adherence to their therapies.
authors.affiliation: 1PhD, RN, Lecturer, School of Nursing, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey 2PhD, RN, Professor, Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, SANKO University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulcan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bagcivan
authors.forename: Nalan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akbayrak
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult; D016903:Drug Monitoring
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents