Student Research Committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Dec;75(12):e14904. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14904. Epub 2021 Oct 4.
The purpose of this study was first to translate (into Persian) and evaluate the psychometric properties of the attitudes towards the use of quarantine questionnaires (PAQ).
This methodological study was conducted on 1000 adults' participants in Iran, using convenience sampling. Based on permission from the developer of the scale, it was back-translated. Content validity, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were tested. Reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated with test-retest and internal consistency.
The adequacy of the sample was acceptable because of the results of the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test (0.788), and Bartlett's test of sphericity revealed statistically significant results (P < .001). Exploratory factor analysis showed the 4-factor structure of the instrument. The reliability of the scale was 0.77 based on internal consistency. Also, the intra-class reliability of the scale was 0.9. The attitude of the maximum number of respondents towards quarantine is positive and they support a quarantine in the pandemic of COVID-19 in Iran.
Current study showed that the Persian version of attitudes towards the use of quarantine (PAQ) in the Iranian population including 17 items could be used as a valid and reliable instrument.
本研究的目的首先是将态度对待使用隔离调查问卷(PAQ)翻译成(波斯语)并评估其心理计量学特性。
本方法学研究在伊朗对 1000 名成年人进行了便利抽样。在获得量表开发者的许可后,对其进行了回译。对内容有效性、探索性和验证性因子分析进行了测试。使用重测和内部一致性评估了问卷的可靠性。
由于 Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin 检验(0.788)的结果,样本的充分性是可以接受的,Bartlett 球形检验显示出具有统计学意义的结果(P<.001)。探索性因子分析显示该工具具有 4 个因子结构。基于内部一致性,该量表的可靠性为 0.77。此外,该量表的内部一致性信度为 0.9。大多数受访者对隔离的态度是积极的,他们支持在伊朗 COVID-19 大流行期间进行隔离。
本研究表明,包括 17 个项目的伊朗人群对使用隔离的态度(PAQ)的波斯语版本可以作为一种有效和可靠的工具。