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                                                                <journal-id>karya j health sci</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Karya Journal of Health Science</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2717-9540</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Kılıçhan BAYAR</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.52831/kjhs.1783988</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Nursing (Other)</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Hemşirelik (Diğer)</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IMPLEMENTATION SCALE: CULTURAL ADAPTATION AND PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING OF THE TURKISH VERSION</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>KANITA DAYALI UYGULAMA İMPLEMENTASYON ÖLÇEĞİ: TÜRKÇE VERSİYONUNUN KÜLTÜREL ADAPTASYONU VE PSİKOMETRİK DEĞERLENDİRMESİ</trans-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0746-1785</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özer Küçük</surname>
                                    <given-names>Emine</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Gülhane Hemşirelik Fakültesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2980-7804</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Gönderen Çakmak</surname>
                                    <given-names>Huri Seval</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Çankırı Karatekin University Department in the Health Care Services</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2197-6921</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kırmızıgül</surname>
                                    <given-names>Huriye</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Ankara Bilkent City Hospital  Department of Emergency</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260428">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>28</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>7</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>7</fpage>
                                        <lpage>13</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250915">
                        <day>09</day>
                        <month>15</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260215">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>15</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2020, Karya Journal of Health Science</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2020</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Karya Journal of Health Science</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Objective: This study aimed to perform cultural adaptation and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Scale developed by Melnyk et al.Method: This methodological study included 242 nurses from public, university, and private hospitals in a central metropolitan area of Türkiye. Scale adaptation was conducted according to Beaton et al.&#039;s and International Test Commission&#039;s six-stage cross-cultural process. Sampling adequacy and the suitability of the data for factor analysis were evaluated using the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett&#039;s tests of sphericity. Construct validity was examined through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Reliability was determined using Cronbach&#039;s Alpha, McDonald&#039;s Omega, and item-total correlations.Results: Content validity index values ranged from 0.857 to 1.000 at the item level, and averaged 0.897 at the scale level. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value was 0.950, and Bartlett&#039;s test of sphericity was significant (p</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Amaç: Bu çalışma, Melnyk ve arkadaşları tarafından geliştirilen Kanıta Dayalı Uygulama İmplementasyon Ölçeği&#039;nin Türkçe versiyonunun kültürel adaptasyonunu gerçekleştirerek psikometrik özelliklerini değerlendirmeyi amaçladı.Yöntem: Bu metodolojik araştırmaya Türkiye’nin merkezi bir büyükşehir bölgesindeki kamu, üniversite ve özel hastanelerden 242 hemşire dâhil edildi. Ölçek adaptasyonu Beaton ve arkadaşları ile Uluslararası Test Komisyonu&#039;nun altı aşamalı kültürlerarası sürecine göre yürütüldü. Örneklem yeterliliği ve verinin faktör analizine uygunluğu Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin ve Bartlett Küresellik testleri ile değerlendirildi. Yapı geçerliliği Açımlayıcı ve Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi yoluyla incelendi. Güvenilirlik Cronbach&#039;s Alpha, McDonald&#039;s Omega ve madde-toplam korelasyonları ile belirlendi.Bulgular: Kapsam geçerlik indeksi değerleri madde düzeyinde 0.857-1.000 arasında, ölçek düzeyinde ortalama 0.897 olarak saptandı. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin değeri 0.950 olarak hesaplandı ve Bartlett Küresellik testi anlamlı bulundu (p</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Evidence-Based Practice</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Psychometrics</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Cross-Cultural Comparison</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Nurses</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Kanıta Dayalı Uygulama</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Psikometri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kültürlerarası Karşılaştırma</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Hemşireler</kwd>
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                                                    <funding-source>
                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">This research received no specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.</named-content>
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