@article{article_1214992, title={The Self-Perceived Burden Scale: A Validation Study in Turkish Patients with Spinal Cord Injury}, journal={Doğu Karadeniz Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={1}, pages={18–27}, year={2022}, author={Aktürk, Ümmühan and Aktürk, Semra and Erci, Behice}, keywords={Omurilik yaralanması, kendi kendine algılanan yük, hemşirelik, geçerlilik}, abstract={Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the scale by adapting “Self-Load Perception” into Turkish for patients with spinal cord injury. Metarials and Methods: The research was carried out on 125 patients with spinal cord injury diagnosis between July 2016 and May 2017. Information form and self-load perception scale were used in the research. Research data were tested with Cronbach’s alpha (α), single factor analysis, Bartlett and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin analysis. Results and Conclusion: In the present study, the KMO measure of the Self-perceived Burden Scale was determined to be 0.89 and the Bartlett’s test of sphericity was found to be 2.919. The Cronbach α reliability coefficient of the SPBS was determined to be 0.96. As a result of these analyses, one factor had an Eigen value of 1 and higher, which explains 60.89% of the total variance found. It has been determined that the single-factor version of the SPBS is a valid and reliable scale for Turkey and can be used to evaluate the self-perceived burden levels of patients who have a spinal cord injury.}, number={3}, publisher={Giresun Üniversitesi}