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Objective:
The purpose of this methodological study was to assess the validity
and reliability of Turkish version of the P A T C H (pretest for attitudes toward
computers in healthcare) Assessment Scale v.3.
Method:
The adaptation of the scale to Turkish language was performed via
back-translation, content validity was examined by refer to experts, reliability
was examined with internal consistency, validity was examined with criterion-
related validity (concurrent validity). The population of the study consisted of
nurses who accept to participate in the study at two private hospitals. Sample
group were selected by stratified random sampling (sampling criterion is
hospitals and units) method and 300 nurses were included in the study.
Results:
For internal consistency, scale's item total correlation was -0.12-0.65
and Cronbach's alpha was 0.92.
Conclusion:
The findings concern in the reliability and validity of the Turkish
version of the pretest for attitudes toward computers in healthcare assessment
scale v3 indicates that this instrument can be used in the studies that will be
conducted in Turkey
Biography
Nuray Turan has completed her PhD from Istanbul University,
Institute of Health Sciences. She works at Istanbul University
Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Department of
Fundamentals of Nursing since 2005. She was appointed
as an Assistant Professor at the same institution in 2013
and is still working in the same position at the Department
of Fundamentals of Nursing. She graduated from Istanbul
University, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing, Turkey.
Her areas of interest are nursing care, wounds care, nursing
process, simulation, intramuscular injection, complementary
therapy, nursing informatics. She worked as a Researcher in
the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey on
The Reliability of Site Determination Methods in Ventrogluteal
Area Injection and The Depth of Needle Penetration in the
Ventrogluteal Intramuscular Injection Site of Adults According
to the Gender and Body Mass Index. She took part as an
Executive and Researcher in the Scientific Research Project
Unit at Istanbul University. She has many parts in various books
as an Author. She has been as a Speaker and Participant in
many national and international scientific activities (congress,
symposium, courses etc.) related to fundamentals of nursing.
She also has various congress awards. She is a Member of
Turkish Nurses Society, and Nursing Education Society.
nkaraman@istanbul.edu.tr nuray_karaman@yahoo.comValidity and reliability of Turkish version of the pretest for
attitudes toward computers in healthcare assessment scale
v3: pilot study
Nuray Turan, Nurten Kaya and Gulsun Ozdemir Aydın
Istanbul University, Turkey
Nuray Turan et al., J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume: 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C3-008