İnflamatuar Barsak Hastalıkları Yorgunluk Ölçeği’nin Türkçe Uyarlamasının Psikometrik Özellikleri

Authors : Berna Nilgün Özgürsoy Uran, Jülide Gülizar Yildirim, Elif Saritaş Yüksel, Funda Sofulu, Elif Ünsal Avdal, Emine Özlem Gür

Pages : 183-191

Doi:10.31067/acusaglik.849980

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Publication Date : 2021-04-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Objectives: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic inflammatory diseases that can involve various areas of the gastrointestinal tract, progress with remission and exacerbations. One of the major symptoms of the diseases is over-fatigue. Patients often have recourse to the hospital with complaints of fatigue, even if they are in remission. In this research, it was aimed to carry out the Turkish validity and reliability study of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fatigue Scale (IBD-F). Study Design:The research which is planned methodological type was conducted with 245 patients with IBD. Test re-test reliability used with 50 patients which are from in sampling. The IBD-F Scale consists of three sections and 40 items, each section is scored within itself. As in the original scale, the first two sections were included in the Turkish adaptation study. In the evaluation of the data, SPSS 25.0 and LISREL 8.727 programs were performed. Ethics committee approval was obtained to conduct the research. Results: Scope validity of the scale was evaluated using the Davis technique, according to the opinion of the plural expert, the CVR value of each item was .99 and the CVI value was .99. After the exploratory factor analysis based on the original scale, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed, any item wasn\'t discarded because the T value wasn’t less than 1.96. As a result of the CFA analysis, it was decided that the goodness of fit indices were at an acceptable level, and the previously determined structure of the scale was generally compatible with the data collected. In the reliability analysis of the scale,since the Spearman Brown coefficient value (.906) and Cronbach\'s Alpha split-half (.971 and .928) values were higher than .70, the internal consistency of the scale was evaluated as high. Conclusion: In this research where the adaptation to Turkish of the IBD-F Scale, it was concluded that the scale was at an acceptable level, compatible with three factors and had high internal consistency for our country. The IBD-F scale is a valid and reliable scale for our country.
Keywords : IBD, ulcerative colitis, Crohn\'s disease, fatigue, validity, reliability