Şerife Tutar1, Yasemin Demir Avcı2. 1. Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta 32200; Turkey. 2. Faculty of Nursing, Public Health Nursing Department, Akdeniz University, Antalya 07058; Turkey. Electronic address: ydemir@akdeniz.edu.tr.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the psycholinguistic and psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Transition Questionnaire, which is grounded on the Hospital-to-Home Transition Model. DESIGN AND METHODS: This cross-sectional methodological study was conducted with the participation of 380 parents in the neonatal intensive care clinic in a tertiary hospital between February 2020 and January 2021. A data assessment, number and percentage analysis, and language validity, content validity, and construct validity analyses were applied. In addition, a cluster analysis was performed on the sub-dimensions obtained from the questionnaire, and one-way analysis of variance was used to test the difference between the clusters. RESULTS: The content validity index was determined to be 0.89. It was determined that the sample size was adequate for the factor analysis (with a KMO value of 0.779 and Bartlett's test of sphericity value of χ2(276)=4026.181; p<0.05). As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, 12 items were omitted from the questionnaire. Fit indices of the new three-factor questionnaire structure that was formed upon removal of the items were evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis (χ2/df=4.783, RMSEA = 0.076, GFI = 0.776, AGFI = 0.726, CFI = 0.707, SRMR = 0.097). The reliability coefficient was found to be 0.871-0.716 for the sub-dimensions of the questionnaire and 0.795 for the overall questionnaire. CONCLUSIONS: It was determined that the Turkish version of the Transition Questionnaire is valid and reliable for making post-discharge evaluations of parents with preterm infants in Turkish society.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the psycholinguistic and psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Transition Questionnaire, which is grounded on the Hospital-to-Home Transition Model. DESIGN AND METHODS: This cross-sectional methodological study was conducted with the participation of 380 parents in the neonatal intensive care clinic in a tertiary hospital between February 2020 and January 2021. A data assessment, number and percentage analysis, and language validity, content validity, and construct validity analyses were applied. In addition, a cluster analysis was performed on the sub-dimensions obtained from the questionnaire, and one-way analysis of variance was used to test the difference between the clusters. RESULTS: The content validity index was determined to be 0.89. It was determined that the sample size was adequate for the factor analysis (with a KMO value of 0.779 and Bartlett's test of sphericity value of χ2(276)=4026.181; p<0.05). As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, 12 items were omitted from the questionnaire. Fit indices of the new three-factor questionnaire structure that was formed upon removal of the items were evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis (χ2/df=4.783, RMSEA = 0.076, GFI = 0.776, AGFI = 0.726, CFI = 0.707, SRMR = 0.097). The reliability coefficient was found to be 0.871-0.716 for the sub-dimensions of the questionnaire and 0.795 for the overall questionnaire. CONCLUSIONS: It was determined that the Turkish version of the Transition Questionnaire is valid and reliable for making post-discharge evaluations of parents with preterm infants in Turkish society.