Validity and Reliability Study of The Turkish Version of The Child Primary Care Adherence Scale

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 3, 612 - 619, 30.09.2025

Betül Aktaş , Gülçin Uyanık , Dinçer Atila , Medine Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1642962

Abstract

Objective: This study was aimed at adapting the Child Primary Care Adherence Scale, developed to assess parents' compliance with the recommendations made by primary health care professionals, into Turkish and to conduct its validity and reliability study.
Methods: This methodological study was conducted in a family health center between February 2024-July 2024. In the sample of the study, 325 mothers who were over 18 years old and who had children between the ages of 2 and 6 years were included. The Descriptive Information Form and Child Primary Care Adherence Scale were used to collect data.
Results: The results of the validity analyses demonstrated that the scale items measured the targeted conceptual structure. According to the exploratory factor analysis, the scale consisted of two dimensions. According to the reliability analysis, stability was sufficient and internal consistency was quite reliable. The mean score the parents obtained from the overall Child Primary Care Adherence Scale was 53.35±10.89.
Conclusion: The results indicated that the Child Primary Care Adherence Scale could be administered to parents of children aged between 2-6 years in Turkish society to determine their compliance with the care recommendations given by health professionals who checked whether the items were comprehensible.

Keywords

Child , Childcare , Reliability , Validity

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