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Developing Patient Safety Scale For Hospitals, Metin Di̇nçer, Esra Karataş Okyay, Yunus Emre Karataş, Erol Göral
Developing Patient Safety Scale For Hospitals, Metin Di̇nçer, Esra Karataş Okyay, Yunus Emre Karataş, Erol Göral
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Background/aim: The study aimed to contribute to the literature with a reliable and valid scale for hospitals to be used in determining the current patient safety culture and following up on its development.Materials and methods: The study was conducted with the participation of 1137 healthcare professionals selected using the convenience sampling method in 3 secondary-care state hospitals and three research and training hospitals, one of which was affiliated with a medical faculty, and two were affiliated with the Health Sciences University. To begin with, to discover the latent structure of the items on the scale, an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) …
Psychometric Properties Of T E Canadian Occupational Performance Measure In Older Individuals, Onur Altuntaş, Medine Nur Özata Değerli̇, Ege Temi̇zkan, Gamze Eki̇ci̇
Psychometric Properties Of T E Canadian Occupational Performance Measure In Older Individuals, Onur Altuntaş, Medine Nur Özata Değerli̇, Ege Temi̇zkan, Gamze Eki̇ci̇
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) is a person-centered assessment tool frequently used to identify occupational problems in older individuals and establish goals for geriatric rehabilitation. This study aims to assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of COPM (COPM-TR) in older people.Materials and methods: One hundred older people completed the COPM-TR, and 25 of them participated in a retest within two weeks. The convergent construct validity analyses of the COPM-TR included conducting correlation analyses between the COPM-TR and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Lawton Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (Lawton-IADL) scales. The Performance and Satisfaction …