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Turkish validity and reliability of telemedicine awareness, knowledge, attitude and skills questionnaire
Aysegul Mutlu1, Muhammed Fatih Onsuz1, Ali Kilinc1
1Department of Public Health, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkiye.
Objective:
The aim of the study is to investigate the validity and reliability of the "Telemedicine Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude, and Skills (AKAS) of Telemedicine" questionnaire and to convert the questionnaire to Turkish.
Methods:
The study is methodological research conducted among medical faculty students and medical residents. For the validity and reliability analysis of the "AKAS of Telemedicine" questionnaire, 425 medical faculty students and medical residents were included in the study, and the sample was 7-10 times the number of questionnaire items. Exploratory factor analysis was performed for construct validity. The test-retest method was engaged to assess reliability. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient and the item-total correlation coefficient were calculated for internal consistency. Descriptive statistics were given as mean, standard deviation, median, and first and third quartile values for numerical variables, and numbers and percentages for categorical variables. The Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearman's correlation coefficient were conducted to evaluate the correlation between variables.
Results:
The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the "AKAS of Telemedicine" questionnaire was found to be 0.950, 0.851, 0.970, and 0.952 in the sub-areas, respectively. When an item was removed, the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient values ranged between 0.826 and 0.969, and no significant difference was detected. As a result of test-retest reliability analysis, a strong positive correlation was found between the total scores (awareness r=0.848, knowledge r=0.792, attitude r=0.787, and skill r=0.816; p<0.001 for each score).
Conclusion:
The Turkish form of the "AKAS of Telemedicine" questionnaire is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used to evaluate the level of AKAS among physicians. It was concluded that research using the "AKAS of Telemedicine" questionnaire would be useful to determine the telemedicine AKAS levels among Turkiye, particularly in health sector workers.
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