title: The Reliability and Validity of Prostate Cancer Fatalism Inventory in Turkish Language.
abstract: This study aimed to conduct the reliability and validity study of the Prostate Cancer Fatalism Inventory in Turkish language. The study carried out in methodological type and consisted of 171 men. The ages of the participants ranged between 40 and 82. The content validity index was determined to be 0.80, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value 0.825, Bartlett's test X2= 750.779 and p = 0.000. Then the principal component analysis was applied to the 15-item inventory. The inventory consisted of one dimension, and the load factors were over 0.30 for all items. The explained variance of the inventory was found 33.3 %. The Kuder-Richardson-20 coefficient was determined to be 0.849 and the item-total correlations ranged between 0.335 and 0.627. The Prostate Cancer Fatalism Inventory was a reliable and valid measurement tool in Turkish language. Integrating psychological strategies for prostate cancer screening may be required to strengthen the positive effects of nursing education.
authors: Dokuz Eylul University Nursing Faculty, Inciraltı, Balçova, Izmir, Turkey. nihalgordes@gmail.com.
authors: Nihal Gördes
authors: NG
authors: Aydoğdu
authors: Ataturk University Faculty of Health Sciences, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors: Cantürk
authors: C
authors: Çapık
authors: Harran University School of Health, Şanlı Urfa, Turkey.
authors: Fatma
authors: F
authors: Ersin
authors: Gaziosmanpaşa University Tokat School of Health, Tokat, Turkey.
authors: Aygul
authors: A
authors: Kissal
authors: Koç University School of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Zuhal
authors: Z
authors: Bahar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Fatalism; Nursing; Prostate cancer; Validity and reliability