Adaptation and validation of the Turkish version of the Caring Culture Survey

Gülşen M.; Kutlu A.

Adaptation and validation of the Turkish version of the Caring Culture Survey

Date

2021

Authors

Gülşen M.

Kutlu A.

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Inc

Abstract

Aim: To assess the validity and reliability of the Caring Culture Survey in a sample of Turkish nurses. Background: Health care institutions have increased their focus on the caring culture to improve the satisfaction of both employees and patients. However, there is a lack of valid and reliable tools in Turkish that measure nurses’ perceptions of caring culture. Method: This two-phase psychometric study was conducted by recruiting 240 nurses from one university hospital between August and October 2019. In phase 1, the scale's adaptation was implemented. In phase 2, construct validity was determined by confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was tested by internal consistency and item–total correlation coefficients. Results: Adaptation results showed that the Turkish version of the scale is adequate for linguistic and content validation. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a significantly good fit for a three-factor model. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.84 for the overall scale. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the Caring Culture Survey showed consistently acceptable psychometric properties of reliability and validity. Implications for Nursing Management: The Turkish version of the Caring Culture Survey can be used as an instrument to assess nurses' perceptions of caring culture by health care and nurse managers. © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.