Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the University of Virginia Parent Low Blood Sugar Survey
Nesrin Şen Celasin1, Çağrı Çövener Özçelik2, Şükriye Şahin31Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Manisa, Turkey2Marmara University Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Department of Pediatric Nursing, İstanbul, Turkey
3Marmara University Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Department of Fundemantals of Nursing, İstanbul, Turkey
Objective: The aim of this study was to produce and validate a Turkish version of the University of Virginia Parent Low Blood Sugar Survey (P-LBSS). The P-LBSS is used to assess parental fear of their diabetic children’s hypoglycemia.
Methods: Linguistic, content and face validity of the translated P-LBSS was tested. Afterwards, explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted in order to evaluate construct validity.
Results: The sample included 390 parents of type 1 diabetic adolescents aged 12-17 years. Results of the factor analysis showed that the Turkish P-LBSS had 2 subscales (behavior and worry) as in the original. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the Turkish version of the total P-LBSS was found to be 0.803, and the value was 0.865 for the behavior and 0.790 for the worry subscales. Psychometric investigation of the Turkish version of P-LBSS indicated high reliability and good retestability, content and construct validity.
Conclusion: The Turkish P-LBSS is a valid and reliable instrument to measure the fear of hypoglycemia experienced by parents of diabetic adolescents aged between 12-17 years in the Turkish population.
Manuscript Language: English
