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Turkish validity and reliability of the COVERS pain scale
Müjde Çalıkuşu İncekar1, Nehir Ulu Öğüt2, Birsen Mutlu3
1Yuksek Ihtisas University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pediatric Nursing - Ankara, Turkey.
Objective:
The objective of this study is to determine the Turkish validity and reliability of COVERS.
Methods:
This study was conducted on 41 newborns as methodological design. The scales, such as newborn information form, COVERS, preterm infant pain profile (PIPP), and neonatal infant pain scale (NIPS), were used in the study. Validity (e.g., language, content concurrent, and construct) and internal consistency and inter-rater reliability of the scale were conducted.
Results:
It was found that COVERS showed a high correlation with PIPP and NIPS, and the item-total correlation of COVERS was above 0.30 during and after heel lance procedure. The Cronbach's α values were 0.77 and 0.83 during and after heel lance procedure, respectively. The kappa values of the items of COVERS were between 0.38 and 0.78 during heel lance procedure.
Conclusions:
It was concluded in this study that there was a moderate correlation in intraclass correlation coefficients for scores of COVERS during both diaper change and heel lance procedures. It has been concluded that the scale is valid and reliable in 27-week-old and older newborns.
