Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the Templer's Death Anxiety Scale in cancer patients.
In this study, 398 Iranian cancer patients completed the 15-item Templer's Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS). Tests of internal consistency, principal components analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to assess the internal consistency and factorial validity of the Persian TDAS. The construct reliability statistic and average variance extracted were also calculated to measure construct reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. Principal components analysis indicated a 3-component solution, which was generally supported in the confirmatory analysis. However, acceptable cutoffs for construct reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity were not fulfilled for the three subscales that were derived from the principal component analysis. This study demonstrated both the advantages and potential limitations of using the TDAS with Persian-speaking cancer patients.
a Social Determinants of Health Research Center , Qazvin University of Medical Sciences , Qazvin , Iran.
Mohammad Ali
MA
Soleimani
a Social Determinants of Health Research Center , Qazvin University of Medical Sciences , Qazvin , Iran.
Ameneh
A
Yaghoobzadeh
a Social Determinants of Health Research Center , Qazvin University of Medical Sciences , Qazvin , Iran.
Nasim
N
Bahrami
b Taylor's Business School , Taylor's University , Selangor , Malaysia.
Saeed Pahlevan
SP
Sharif
c School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol , Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences , Sari , Iran.
Hamid
H
Sharif Nia
D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results