The Turkish Version of the Compassionate Care Assessment Tool: A Validity and Reliability Study

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Healthcare Quality
• Psychometrics

Background:

• Compassionate care is crucial in nursing practice.
• The Compassionate Care Assessment Tool (CCAT) was developed to measure these characteristics.
• Validation of the CCAT in different linguistic contexts is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

• To examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Compassionate Care Assessment Tool.
• To adapt and confirm the psychometric properties of the CCAT for a Turkish-speaking nursing population.

Main Methods:

• Methodological study involving 300 hospitalized patients.
• Data collected and analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and LISREL 8.7.
• Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were employed for scale validation.

Main Results:

• The Turkish CCAT demonstrated a high content validity index (0.94).
• Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that items aligned with the original scale's subscales.
• Factor loadings ranged from .37 to .78, and the overall scale reliability (Cronbach's alpha) was .897.

Conclusions:

• The Turkish version of the Compassionate Care Assessment Tool is a valid and reliable instrument.
• The tool effectively evaluates the compassionate care provided by nurses in Turkey.
• Findings support the use of the Turkish CCAT in clinical and research settings.