The Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of Revised 2011-Osteoporosis Knowledge Test

Objective: The aim of this study was to translate the revised 2011-Osteoporosis Knowledge test (R-OKT) into Turkish and to assess its\udreliability.\udMaterials and Methods: After the translation process, the study was performed with healthy volunteers who accepted to participate in\udthe study. Demographic features, level of nutrition and physical activity were recorded. Participants were fulfilled the R-OKT. Cronbach-α was\udcalculated for internal consistency, intraclass correlation coefficient was calculated for test-retest reliability by using two tests fulfilled with\ud2 days interval. Validation study was performed by Spearman’s correlation between nutrition and exercise subscales of R-OKT with calcium\udintake and level of physical activity.\udResults: The study was carried out with 82 participants with a mean age of 41.3±12.6 years. Cronbach-α values for the nutrition subscale,\udexercise subscale and total score was found as 0.71, 0.76 and 0.76, respectively. Test-retest reliability was calculated above 0.90 for both\udof the subscales and total score. When R-OKT subscales were compared with calcium intake and exercise level in daily living, significant\udrelationship was found between R-OKT nutrition subscale and the level of calcium intake.\udConclusion: Turkish version of R-OKT is a reliable scale to assess the level of osteoporosis knowledge