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Cross cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Persian version of COVID-19 Preventive Measures questionnaire at the radiation therapy center in Yazd, Iran
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="line-height:150%">Background</span></span></b><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%">: Due to the crowds of people in radiation therapy centers and the importance of not interrupting the treatment process, preventive measures to deal with COVID-19 is one of the most important measures; therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the</span></span> <span lang="EN-GB"><span style="line-height:150%">intercultural compatibility, </span></span><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%">reliability and validity of COVID-19 prevention measures in a radiation therapy center.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height:150%">Methods</span></b><span style="line-height:150%">: </span><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%">This analytical cross-sectional study was performed with 20 personnel at the radiation therapy center of Yazd, Iran, using a census method in September 2021. A 29 items COVID-19 prevention scale was used as measurement tool. First, cultural adaptation was performed and then face validity was determined by calculating the Impact Score. Content validity was assessed by calculating the</span></span> <span style="line-height:150%">content validity</span><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%"> ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) and reliability was determined using the Test-Retest method and </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="line-height:150%">Kuder–Richardson</span></span><span style="line-height:150%"> (KR20)</span><b> </b><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%">alpha coefficient and calculating </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="line-height:150%">intra-class correlation coefficient </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="line-height:150%">(ICC). All analyses were performed in SPSS software version 24 with a significance level of 5%.</span></span> <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%">Results</span></span></b><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%">: 30% (6 people) were male and 70% (40 people) had less than 15 years of work experience. Four items of the questionnaire were removed based on the minimum Lawshe's CVR values, as their CVR was less than 0.62. Finally, the Kuder Richardson coefficient, Scale-level CVI, and ICC were 0.827, 0.98, and 0.52, respectively. </span></span></span><br>
<b><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:107%">Conclusion</span></span></b><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:107%">: The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed;</span></span> <span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:107%">therefore, this Persian version of 25-item scale is proposed as a suitable and effective tool for COVID-19 prevention measures in Persian language countries.</span></span></span></span></p>
COVID-19, Radiotherapy, Validity and Reliability
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http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2182-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Farzan
Madadizadeh
F.Madadizadeh@ssu.ac.ir