Turkish Validity-Reliability of Breast Cancer Beliefs Scale and the Effect of Socio-Demographic Factors on Breast Cancer Beliefs

AKTÜRK Ü., ASLAN H.

JOURNAL OF NURSING MEASUREMENT, cilt.29, sa.3, ss.424-440, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1891/jnm-d-20-00028
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NURSING MEASUREMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, ASSIA, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.424-440
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: breast cancer, patient and clinical delay, cultural beliefs, acculturation, Turkey, CULTURAL BELIEFS, SCREENING PRACTICES, SELF-EXAMINATION, WOMEN, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOR
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background/aim: This study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Breast Cancer Cultural Beliefs Scale for women with breast cancer in Turkish society. Materials and methods: The population of this study was composed of patients diagnosed with breast cancer who were treated for cancer in the Adult Chemotherapy Unit. A total of 178 women with breast cancer participated in this study. Results: In order to determine the factor structure of the scale, principal component analysis was performed. Cronbach's alpha was used to determine the reliability of the scale scores. The results explained 62.93% of the total variance of the scale. The result of the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test was determined to be 0.813, and that of Bartlett's test was 723.56. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was.74. Conclusion: It was determined that the Breast Cancer Cultural Beliefs Scale was a valid and reliable tool for assessing the cultural beliefs of women in Turkey.