Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 63. No. 2, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2024.63.02.10
Turkish validity and reliability study of a symptom screening tool (mini-SSPedi) in 4-7-year-old children receiving cancer treatment
Hamide Zengin
orcid.org/0000-0002-2389-6466
; Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
*
Aslı Akdeniz Kudubes
; Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Bilecik, Turkey
Gülcin Ozalp Gerceker
; Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
This research was carried out to adapt the Symptom Screening in Pediatrics Tool
for Turkish children with cancer aged 4-7 years, and to evaluate its validity and reliability. This study,
which was descriptive and methodological, was conducted on 159 children receiving cancer treatments
between June 2021 and December 2021. Data collection tools included a socio-demographic form
and the Symptom Screening in Pediatrics Tool for children aged 4-7 years (mini-SSPedi). Data were
analyzed using Cronbach’s alpha, factor analysis, and item-total score analysis. There were 15 items on
the mini-SSPedi, and it had one dimension. The results of the exploratory factor analysis indicated that
total factor loading was >0.30 and that the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value was 0.831. The confirmatory
factor analysis indicated that the fit indices were χ²/sd: 1.739 (p=0.000), GFI 0.895, CFI 0.919, TLI
0.897, RMSEA 0.068 and SRMR 0.064. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the total scale was 0.846. The
correlation between the items and total scale score ranged between 0.411 and 0.749. Th e mini-SSPedi
was found to be a valid and reliable scale for the Turkish sample. The mini-SSPedi can contribute to
determination of symptom screening in children with cancer aged 4-7 years.
Keywords
Symptom screening scale; Children; Cancer; Validity; Reliability
Hrčak ID:
327954
URI
Publication date:
31.10.2025.
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