Bilsin Elif, Bal Yılmaz Hatice
Assistant Professor, Health Science Faculty, Gaziantep University, Turkey.
Associate Professor, Nursing Faculty, Ege University, Turkey.
J Res Nurs. 2018 Nov;23(7):568-580. doi: 10.1177/1744987118784987. Epub 2018 Aug 27.
Taste alteration is one of the most common and frequently ignored side effects of chemotherapy.
Our aim was to develop the Taste Alteration Scale for Children with Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy (TAS-CrC).
This study is a descriptive and cross-sectional type. The study was conducted between May and September 2016 at the child haematology clinics and outpatient clinics of six hospitals. A total of 165 children with cancer who were followed in the clinics and outpatient clinics of the mentioned hospitals between May and September 2016 and received chemotherapy constituted the population of the study. Our sample comprised 95 children with cancer who were followed in the clinic and outpatient clinic between the dates specified and met the study criteria.
It is observed that the correlation values of the item analysis of the TAS-CrC vary between 0.49 and 0.86. One sub-dimension of the scale was determined by explanatory factor analysis. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was determined to be 0.88. It was determined that there was a statistically significant relationship between the test-retest (first and second application) of the scale ( < 0.01).
According to the data obtained from the study, it was determined that the TAS-CrC was a valid and reliable scale.
味觉改变是化疗最常见且常被忽视的副作用之一。
我们的目的是开发用于接受化疗的癌症儿童的味觉改变量表(TAS-CrC)。
本研究为描述性横断面研究。该研究于2016年5月至9月在六家医院的儿童血液科门诊和门诊诊所进行。2016年5月至9月期间在上述医院的门诊和门诊诊所接受随访并接受化疗的165名癌症儿童构成了研究人群。我们的样本包括95名在指定日期期间在门诊和门诊诊所接受随访且符合研究标准的癌症儿童。
观察到TAS-CrC项目分析的相关值在0.49至0.86之间变化。通过解释性因素分析确定了量表的一个子维度。量表的Cronbach's alpha信度系数确定为0.88。确定量表的重测(第一次和第二次应用)之间存在统计学上的显著关系(<0.01)。
根据研究获得的数据,确定TAS-CrC是一个有效且可靠的量表。