Elders health empowerment scale: Turkish translation and psychometric testing

• Published in: Perspectives in psychiatric care Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 550 - 557
• Main Authors: Karabulutlu, Elanur Yılmaz, Turan, Gülcan Bahçecioğlu, Oruç, Fatma Gündüz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Hindawi Limited 01-04-2021
• Subjects: Aged; Clinical decision making; Decision making; Elders Health Empowerment Scale; Empowerment; Gerontology; Health behavior; Humans; Nursing; Older people; Psychiatric-mental health nursing; psychometrich testing; Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires; Translations; Turkey; Turkish translation; Turkey; Elders Health Empowerment Scale; psychometrich testing; Turkish translation
• ISSN: 0031-5990; 1744-6163
• DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12577

Purpose
The aim of this study is to adapt “Elders Health Empowerment Scale” (EHES) to Turkish and to find out the validity and reliability of the scale.
Desing and Methods
This methodological study was conducted with 300 patients who agreed to participate in the study in Turkey.
Findings
It was found that Cronbach's α reliability coefficient of the scale was .90, item factor loads of the scale ranged between 0.30 and 0.89 and item‐total correlation coefficients ranged between 0.30 and 0.84. The one‐factor structure of the scale was supported as a result of the CFA and EFA conducted. Good fit index values were obtained as a result of CFA.
Practice Implications
EHES is a valid and reliable measurement tool for the evaluation of the empowerment states of elders in Turkish society.