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. 2018 Jun 1;10(2):162-167.
doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.5028. Epub 2017 Aug 21.

Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the University of Virginia Parent Low Blood Sugar Survey

Nesrin Şen Celasin  1 , Çağrı Çövener Özçelik  2 , Şükriye Şahin  3
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Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the University of Virginia Parent Low Blood Sugar Survey

Nesrin Şen Celasin et al. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. .

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to produce and validate a Turkish version of the University of Virginia Parent Low Blood Sugar Survey (P-LBSS). The P-LBSS is used to assess parental fear of their diabetic children’s hypoglycemia.

Methods: Linguistic, content and face validity of the translated P-LBSS was tested. Afterwards, explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted in order to evaluate construct validity.

Results: The sample included 390 parents of type 1 diabetic adolescents aged 12-17 years. Results of the factor analysis showed that the Turkish P-LBSS had 2 subscales (behavior and worry) as in the original. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the Turkish version of the total P-LBSS was found to be 0.803, and the value was 0.865 for the behavior and 0.790 for the worry subscales. Psychometric investigation of the Turkish version of P-LBSS indicated high reliability and good retestability, content and construct validity.

Conclusion: The Turkish P-LBSS is a valid and reliable instrument to measure the fear of hypoglycemia experienced by parents of diabetic adolescents aged between 12-17 years in the Turkish population.

Keywords: Type 1 diabetes mellitus; adolescent; validity; reliability; Turkey.

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Figure 1. Path diagram of confirmatory factor analysis for University of Virginia Parent Low Blood Sugar Survey
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