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Validity and reliability of T urkish version of family satisfaction in the intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Tastan Sevinc,
Iyigun Emine,
Ayhan Hatice,
Kılıckaya Oguz,
Yılmaz Ali Abbas,
Kurt Ercan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12153
Subject(s) - turkish , cronbach's alpha , intensive care unit , intensive care , medicine , scale (ratio) , validity , reliability (semiconductor) , population , nursing , family medicine , psychometrics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
To evaluate the quality of care that is provided in intensive care units, needs and satisfaction of the patient relatives must also be considered. The aim of the study is to test the T urkish version of the F amily S atisfaction in the I ntensive C are U nit ( FS‐ICU ‐24) Survey, which was developed by H eyland et al . This study was planned and applied as a methodological study. Survey was conducted in the intensive care units of a military education and research hospital and a medical faculty hospital, department of anaesthesia and reanimation in the capital city A nkara of T urkey. Sample of the survey was composed of 120 participants. C ronbach's alpha value for the FS‐ICU ‐24 general internal consistency in this study was calculated as 0.95 for total scale. In this study, the T urkish version of the FS‐ICU ‐24 was found to be reliable and valid with T urkish population.