Developing the pediatric surgery patient satisfaction scale and assessment of its validity and reliability

ÜNAL A., BEKTAŞ M., Mantar N. T., ATEŞ O., HAKGÜDER F. G.

JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH CARE, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/13674935221137405
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH CARE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, CINAHL, Educational research abstracts (ERA), EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MEDLINE, PAIS International, Psycinfo
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pediatric surgery patients, patient satisfaction, satisfaction, scale development, validity, reliability, CARE, CHILDREN, ANXIETY, IMPACT
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim of this study was to develop a patient satisfaction scale for needs and expectations of pediatric surgery patients and to propose a new measurement tool in this field. Population of study consisted of all patients between May 2018 and February 2020 at a pediatric surgery service of a university hospital in Turkey. A pool of 70 items was prepared for scale. Two items were removed in line with expert opinions and suggestions. As a result of content validity and test application, 36 items were removed, and scale was revised. Data were transferred to SPSS Statistics 23 and AMOS 22 program. After evaluating scope validity of scale, Content Validity, Structural Validity, Exploratory Factor Analysis, and finally Reliability Analysis were examined. As a result of the analyses, 32 items with eight sub-dimensions were obtained from scale. Eight-factor scale explained 60.42% of total variance. Cronbach Alpha internal consistency of scale was found to be 0.88. Item factor loads of scale were created and the reliability of scale were obtained at desired level. The scale is suitable for patients aged 6 to 18 years old.