Simşek Tülay Tarsuslu, Simşek Ibrahim Engin, Ryan Stephen E, Yakut Yavuz, Uygur Fatma
Dokuz Eylül University School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, İzmir, Turkey.
Scand J Occup Ther. 2012 Nov;19(6):515-20. doi: 10.3109/11038128.2012.696141. Epub 2012 Jul 10.
The purpose of the current study is to estimate the preliminary measurement properties of the Turkish version of Family Impact of assistive technology scale (FIATS-tr).
The validity and reliability of the scale was performed in two phases. Phase I focused on construction of the Turkish version of the instrument and pilot testing. The scale was translated using the back-translation technique. The comprehensiveness and clarity of the scale was assessed with 20 participants. Phase II included psychometric assessment of the scale using a classical test theory approach. The final version of the scale was pretested with Turkish-speaking parents (46 mothers, four fathers and five caregivers) of 55 chronically disabled children.
Test-retest reliability was found to be ICC = 0.931 (95% CI 0.881-0.960) for FIATS-tr total. Cronbach's alpha for the overall FIATS-tr was 0.858. Individual alpha values for FIATS-tr subscales ranged from 0.199 to 0.838. The FIATS-tr total was moderately correlated with the functional independence measure for children (WeeFIM) total (r = 0.688, p < 0.001).
This study showed that overall FIATS-tr appears to have acceptable levels of validity and reliability when used to measure the functional impact of assistive devices. Further study of the constructs and homogeneity of its total and subscales may further improve the internal consistency, validity, and other measurement properties of the FIATS-tr.
本研究旨在评估土耳其语版辅助技术家庭影响量表（FIATS-tr）的初步测量特性。
该量表的效度和信度分两个阶段进行。第一阶段重点是编制该量表的土耳其语版并进行预试验。采用回译技术对量表进行翻译。由20名参与者评估量表的全面性和清晰度。第二阶段包括使用经典测试理论方法对量表进行心理测量评估。该量表的最终版本在55名慢性残疾儿童的讲土耳其语的父母（46名母亲、4名父亲和5名照料者）中进行了预测试。
FIATS-tr总量表的重测信度为ICC = 0.931（95%可信区间0.881 - 0.960）。FIATS-tr总量表的Cronbach's α系数为0.858。FIATS-tr各子量表的个体α值范围为0.199至0.838。FIATS-tr总量表与儿童功能独立性测量量表（WeeFIM）总量表中度相关（r = 0.688，p < 0.001）。
本研究表明，FIATS-tr总量表在用于测量辅助设备的功能影响时，似乎具有可接受的效度和信度水平。对其总量表和子量表的结构及同质性进行进一步研究，可能会进一步提高FIATS-tr的内部一致性、效度和其他测量特性。
