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The validity and reliability study of Turkish version of the fathers' support scale: Neonatal intensive care unit
Türkan Turan1, Çiğdem Erdoğan1, Sibel Serap Ceylan1
1Faculty of Health Science, Pediatric Nursing Department, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Insights
The Turkish version of the Father's Support Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (FSS: NICU) is a valid and reliable tool. This scale helps assess support needs for fathers with infants in the NICU.
Area of Science:
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) research
- Psychometric evaluation
- Paternal mental health
Background:
- Fathers of infants in the NICU experience significant distress.
- Paternal support is crucial for infant and family well-being in the NICU.
- Existing support scales may require cultural adaptation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To validate and assess the reliability of the Turkish translation of the Father's Support Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (FSS: NICU).
- To provide a culturally relevant tool for measuring paternal support needs in Turkish NICU settings.
Main Methods:
- Psychometric study involving 165 fathers with infants in Turkish university and state hospital NICUs.
- Assessed internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha (0.91).
- Evaluated test-retest reliability with coefficients ranging from 0.78 to 0.92.
- Exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors, explaining 48.38% of variance.
Main Results:
- The Turkish FSS: NICU demonstrated strong internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.91).
- High test-retest reliability coefficients (0.78–0.92) indicate stability over time.
- Item-total correlations ranged from 0.26 to 0.73, supporting construct validity.
Conclusions:
- The Turkish version of the FSS: NICU is a psychometrically sound instrument.
- This validated scale can be effectively used to measure the support needs of fathers in Turkish NICUs.
- Findings support the use of the FSS: NICU for clinical assessment and research in Turkey.
Background:
Fathers whose infants are cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit have negative experiences and thus require support.
Aim:
This study was carried out with the aim of performing a validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the "Father's Support Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit" (FSS: NICU).
Method:
The study included 165 fathers whose infants were hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care units of a university hospital and a state hospital in the west of Turkey.
Findings:
The item-total score correlation values of the scale were between 0.26 and 0.73 and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.91. It was found out that the test-retest reliability coefficients were between 0.78 and 0.92. The scale accounted for 48.38% of the total variance in three factors, as in the original version of the scale.
Conclusion:
It was found that the Turkish version of the FSS: NICU was a valid and reliable measurement tool.