Turkish Validity-Reliability of Breast Cancer Beliefs Scale and the Effect of Socio-Demographic Factors on Breast Cancer Beliefs

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2021

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Springer Publishing Co

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

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Background/aim: This study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Breast Cancer Cultural Beliefs Scale for women with breast cancer in Turkish society. Materials and methods: The population of this study was composed of patients diagnosed with breast cancer who were treated for cancer in the Adult Chemotherapy Unit. A total of 178 women with breast cancer participated in this study. Results: In order to determine the factor structure of the scale, principal component analysis was performed. Cronbach's alpha was used to determine the reliability of the scale scores. The results explained 62.93% of the total variance of the scale. The result of the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test was determined to be 0.813, and that of Bartlett's test was 723.56. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was.74. Conclusion: It was determined that the Breast Cancer Cultural Beliefs Scale was a valid and reliable tool for assessing the cultural beliefs of women in Turkey.

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breast cancer, patient and clinical delay, cultural beliefs, acculturation, Turkey

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Journal of Nursing Measurement

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Q3

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29

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3

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