Yildirim Yasemin, Tokem Yasemin, Bozkurt Nilufer, Fadiloglu Cicek, Uyar Meltem, Uslu Ruchan
Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2011;12(12):3389-96.
The Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS) is a multidimensional tool developed to evaluate measure the prevalence, characteristics and distress of common symptoms related to cancer. A validated Turkish version has now become available. The aim of this study was to evaluate its reliability and validity.
One hundred-twenty patients were included into this study. The MSAS, The Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL), and Karnofsky Performance Status Scale (KPSS) were used for data collection. Content and criterion validities were examined. Reliability analyses of the MSAS were performed using internal consistency reliability and test-retest reliability.
The most frequently reported symptom (90%) was problems with sexual interest or activity. Item-total correlations ranged between 0.03 and 0.64. There was a high correlation between total MSAS and the RSCL (r=0.875, p<0.01). The internal consistency reliabilities of subscales of the MSAS and total MSAS were moderately high, with Cronbach alpha coefficients ranging from 0.71 to 0.84. The MSAS's test - re-test reliability was 0.78.
The MSAS for cancer patients was determined to be a valid and reliable instrument for the use in the Turkish population. It is recommended that the MSAS-Turkish version can be used as a tool for comprehensive symptom assessment in planning nursing care for cancer patients.
纪念症状评估量表（MSAS）是一种多维工具，旨在评估癌症相关常见症状的患病率、特征和痛苦程度。现已推出经过验证的土耳其语版本。本研究的目的是评估其信度和效度。
本研究纳入了120名患者。使用MSAS、鹿特丹症状清单（RSCL）和卡诺夫斯基功能状态量表（KPSS）进行数据收集。检验了内容效度和效标效度。使用内部一致性信度和重测信度对MSAS进行信度分析。
最常报告的症状（90%）是性兴趣或活动方面的问题。项目与总分的相关性在0.03至0.64之间。MSAS总分与RSCL之间存在高度相关性（r = 0.875，p < 0.01）。MSAS各子量表和MSAS总分的内部一致性信度中等偏高，克朗巴赫α系数在0.71至0.84之间。MSAS的重测信度为0.78。
癌症患者的MSAS被确定为在土耳其人群中使用的有效且可靠的工具。建议将MSAS土耳其语版本用作癌症患者护理计划中综合症状评估的工具。
