Measuring Parents’ Vaccination Attitudes: Psychometric Properties of Turkish Version of the Vaccination Attitudes Examination Scale DOI Creative Commons
Evrim Kızıler

Journal of Education and Research in Nursing, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 34 - 42

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Background: Despite the important role of vaccines in preventing disease and disability children each year, vaccine hesitancy refusal among parents are increasing.This threatens child public health terms recurrence eradicated diseases, such as pertussis, measles, polio. Aims:The study aimed to examine psychometric properties Turkish version vaccination attitudes examination (VAX-TR) scale. Methods:In this methodological study, VAX-TR was administered 138 aged 25-63 (M = 35.39;Standard deviations 6.67).The original scale translated into using trans latio n/bac k-tra nslat ion method.Descriptive statistics were analyzed, content validity index calculated, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value Bartlett's sphericity test examined for sampling adequacy.The explanatory (explanatory factor analysis [EFA]) confirmatory analyses (CFA) performed structure validity.Cronbach's alpha item-total score correlations evaluated internal consistency.Results: Cronbach consistency coefficient 86.The total variance disclosure rate four factors (mistrust benefit, worries about unforeseen future effects, concerns commercial profiteering, preference natural immunity) found be 69.6%.The results KMO statistically significant.Validating compatibility values χ2: 60.858, DF 48, χ2/ 1.27, root mean squared error approximation 0.044, square residual 0.063, standardized 0.064, comparative fit (CFI) 0.93, adjusted goodness 0.89, CFI 0.98, normed 0.94. Conclusion:The seems a valid tool evaluate with 0-18 years.

Language: Английский

Measuring Parents’ Vaccination Attitudes: Psychometric Properties of Turkish Version of the Vaccination Attitudes Examination Scale DOI Creative Commons
Evrim Kızıler

Journal of Education and Research in Nursing, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 34 - 42

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Background: Despite the important role of vaccines in preventing disease and disability children each year, vaccine hesitancy refusal among parents are increasing.This threatens child public health terms recurrence eradicated diseases, such as pertussis, measles, polio. Aims:The study aimed to examine psychometric properties Turkish version vaccination attitudes examination (VAX-TR) scale. Methods:In this methodological study, VAX-TR was administered 138 aged 25-63 (M = 35.39;Standard deviations 6.67).The original scale translated into using trans latio n/bac k-tra nslat ion method.Descriptive statistics were analyzed, content validity index calculated, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value Bartlett's sphericity test examined for sampling adequacy.The explanatory (explanatory factor analysis [EFA]) confirmatory analyses (CFA) performed structure validity.Cronbach's alpha item-total score correlations evaluated internal consistency.Results: Cronbach consistency coefficient 86.The total variance disclosure rate four factors (mistrust benefit, worries about unforeseen future effects, concerns commercial profiteering, preference natural immunity) found be 69.6%.The results KMO statistically significant.Validating compatibility values χ2: 60.858, DF 48, χ2/ 1.27, root mean squared error approximation 0.044, square residual 0.063, standardized 0.064, comparative fit (CFI) 0.93, adjusted goodness 0.89, CFI 0.98, normed 0.94. Conclusion:The seems a valid tool evaluate with 0-18 years.

Language: Английский

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