The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Adolescent and Parent Form of Sleep Assessment Scale for Children with Cancer

Abstract

Objectives: The study aimed to develop and evaluate the reliability and validity of the adolescent and parent forms of the Sleep Assessment Scale for Children with Cancer. Materials and Methods: One hundred forty-seven adolescents and their parents who were receiving care at two children’s hospitals’ oncology-hematology clinics made up the study’s sample. With the aid of 16 professionals with expertise in child oncology and hematology, the scale’s content validity was assessed. Number/percentage, t-test, correlation analysis, Cronbach’s reliability coefficient, and factor analysis techniques were applied to analyze data. Results: The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the adolescent form of the sleep assessment scale for children with cancer is ? 0.87 for the Adolescent Form and 0.86 for the parent form. According to the confirmatory factor analysis, the compliance indices were calculated as root mean squared error of approximation (RMSEA)=0.04, comparative fit index (CFI)=0.097, non-normed fit index (NNFI)=0.96, and NFI=0.89 for the adolescent form and as RMSEA=0.06, CFI=0.95, NNFI=0.94, and NFI=0.87 for the parent form. Conclusion: The scale is a valid and reliable assessment tool for Turkish culture, according to all the statistical procedures used in the validity and reliability stages of the study.