2Department of Pediatric Nursing, Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey
3University of Notre Dame Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Murdoch-Australia DOI : 10.5505/tjo.2019.1854 OBJECTIVE
This study was conducted to translate and adapt the Family Inventory of Needs-Pediatric II (FIN-PED II) into the Turkish language and investigate its validity and reliability for parents of children with cancer.
METHODS
A self-administered questionnaire and Family Inventory of Needs-Pediatric II was completed by 180
parents whose children (0-18 years old) were diagnosed with leukemia, solid tumors, and central nervous
system tumors. FIN-PED II was translated into Turkish and then back-translated and then evaluated
by three experts for face validity. For construct validity, exploratory factor analysis was applied and
for reliability, internal consistency analysis was employed.
RESULTS
As a result of exploratory factor analysis, it was observed that percentages of explaining total variance
were 74.787%, 68.649%, and 72.746% for sections of the importance of care needs, the need fulfilment,
and the need for further information, respectively. As a result of Cronbach"s Alpha reliability analysis,
the reliabilities of the sections on the importance of care needs, need fulfilment, and the need for further
information for FIN-PED II was 0.814, 0.906, and 0.915.
CONCLUSION
Although the Turkish version of FIN-PED II needs further psychometric testing, it is an effective, valid
and reliable tool to find out the care needs of parents of children with cancer.