Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeğinin Türkçe Versiyonunun Güvenilirliği ve Geçerliği

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı Burckhardt’ın geliştirdiği yaşam kalitesi ölçeğinin geçerlik-güvenirliğini test etmek ve Türk toplumuna adapte etmektir. İlaveten örneklem grubunun yaşam kalitesini değerlendirmektir. Araştırma metodolojik ve tanımlayıcı türde tasarlandı. Erzurum’daki bir sağlık ocağına çocukları veya kendileri için bakım amacıyla gelen 138 kişi araştırmanın örneklemini oluşturdu. Veriler araştırmacı tarafından 1 Mart – 30 Mayıs 2004 tarihleri arasında toplandı. Araştırmaya katılanlar soruları okuyarak cevaplarını veri toplama formuna işaretlediler. Principle component analizi ve varimax rotasyonu sonucunda ölçek tek faktörde yapılandı. Ölçeğin bütün soruları faktör yükü kriterini sağladı ve ölçeğin alfa değeri 0.92 olarak bulundu. Ölçeğin varyansı %59.1 ve geçerliliği 0.80 olarak saptandı. Toplam madde korelasyonunun da 0.64-0.78 arasında değiştiği saptandı. Ölçeğin Türkçe versiyonunun geçerli ve güvenilir olduğu bulundu.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Yaşam kalitesi, geçerlilik, güvenirlik

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