The Validity and Reliability Study of The Turkish Version of Assessment of Survivor Concerns (ASC) Scale

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to test the validity and reliability of the Assessment of Survivor Concerns Scale (ASC) adapt- ed to Turkish. Methods: This research is a methodological study of 200 people. Data were collected from November to December 2018, through a social media account of a cancer-oriented association and those who had been diagnosed and treated for cancer for at least a year, at least primary school graduates and individuals over the age of 18 years. For validity analysis, language equivalence, scope validity, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used. For reliability, internal consistency, item-area and test-retest were used. Data were analyzed with SPSS V22.0 and LISREL 8.8 programs. Results: According to the exploratory factor analysis; the factor loads of the scale items and the total variance ex- plained were sufficient, according to the confirmatory factor analysis the fit indexes were found to be at a desired level. For the reliability analysis; Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient was highly reliable, each item represented the scale, according to item total score correlations each item was strongly or very strongly related to the scale and four weeks later the re-test given to the 50 survivors was found to be highly reliable. Conclusion: The Assessment of Survivor Concerns Scale has been determined to be a suitable and valid-reliable mea- surement tool for use in Turkish society. Keywords: Cancer survivor; concern; Turkish culture; validity-reliability. What