Reliability and validity of Turkish version of attitudes toward old people scale

Özlem Küçükgüçlü, Hatice Mert and Burcu Akpınar

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2011, vol. 20, issue 21‐22, 3196-3203

Abstract: Aims and objectives. To assess the reliability and validity of a Turkish version of Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People Scale. Background. To explore nursing students’ attitudes towards older people, standardised, well‐tested instruments are needed. Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People is a comprehensive instrument for assessment of attitudes toward older adults and has been validated in several languages. However, a validated Turkish version has not been available until now. Design. The study used psychometric testing to establish reliability and validity of the Turkish version of Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People Scale. Methods. A convenience sample of 237 nursing students in Turkey was used to collect data regarding attitudes towards older people. Content validity, construct validity, internal consistency and stability reliability of the Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People were assessed. Results. Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People scores were between 74–224. All of the 34 items were found to have significant item‐to‐total correlations (p

Date: 2011
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