The Validation and Reliability Study of Turkish Version of Revised Urinary Incontinence Scale

Abstract

Aim:This study aims to verify the validity and reliability of Turkish Version of Revised Urinary Incontinence Scale (RUIS).Materials and Methods:The scale was translated from English into Turkish by three academicians. The first Turkish version of the scale was created by combining the translated texts. This version was translated back into English, and the authors examined language compatibility. The content validity of the scale was examined through the Davis method. The item content validity indices were in the range of 0.78-1, and the scale content validity indices was determined as 0.89. Fifty-six volunteers (83.9% female, 16.1% male) with a mean age of 59.2±14 years were applied the Turkish versions of RUIS, International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form and Urogenital Distress Inventory.Results:The Cronbach alpha coefficient was calculated as 0.810. There was no floor and ceiling effect on the scale. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value of the scale was 0.762, the Bartlett sphericity test chi-square value was 94.583, the p value was 0.0001, and the ‘anti-image’ correlation values were in the range of 0.709-0.884. The explained variance rate of the scale which preserved its single sub-dimensional structure was calculated as 57.943%, and the eigenvalue was 2.897. We determined that the Scale-Turkish version had an excellent (r˃0.80, p˂0.05) agreement with the other two measurement tools. We determined that the scale met the model goodness of fit values in confirmatory factor analyses.Conclusion:RUIS was adapted to the Turkish language, its validity and reliability were ensured, and it was presented to researchers.

Keywords

• urinary incontinence
• scale
• turkish language
• validity
• reliability