2Department of Public Health, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty, Konya-Turkey DOI : 10.5505/tjo.2020.2341 OBJECTIVE
This study aims to develop a scale to measure people"s attitudes towards cancer screening and conduct a pilot study and validity-reliability study of the developed scale.
METHODS
This methodological study was conducted on 334 voluntary male and female relatives of patient who
were between 30-70 years of age and attend family health centers at Meram district of Konya province.
A sociodemographic form and a candidate scale were used for data collection. Data analysis was performed
in a computer setting.
RESULTS
The study group of 334 participants consisted of 50% males and 50% females, and the mean age was
42.93±9.60 years. Four items with item score-scale score correlation less than ±0.200 were excluded
from the 28-item candidate scale. Cronbach"s alpha coefficient of the 24-item scale was calculated as
0.95. Face and content validity of the scale was evaluated with two different groups. Factor analysis
that was used to assess the construct validity of the one-dimensional 24-item scale determined that
explained the variance ratio was 52.62%.
CONCLUSION
As a result of our study, a new five-point Likert scale called "Attitude Scale for Cancer Screening" has
been developed. Validity and reliability studies of the scale suggest that the scale is suitable for use in
our society.