Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of the HIV Treatment Knowledge Scale

Background: Developed by Balfour et al. In 2007, the 'HIV Treatment Knowledge Scale' is a very high measure of validity and reliability of 21 items developed to determine the knowledge level of HIV patients, health personnel and the community

Objectives: This study was conducted to adapt the ‘HIV Treatment Knowledge Scale’ into Turkish and assess its validity and reliability

Methods: The population of the methodological study consisted of 560 nurses working at a university hospital in Turkey between November 2016 and June 2017. The sample, on the other hand, consisted of 210 nurses, who agreed to participate in the study, from the mentioned population. Following the translation process of the scale; content and construct validity was performed. The content validity index was calculated after receiving the expert opinions. While the exploratory factor analysis was performed for the construct validity, item analyses

and internal consistency analysis were performed for the reliability.

Results: As a result of evaluations and analyses, it was determined that the HIV Treatment Knowledge Scale could be used unidimensionally. Total mean score of the scale was determined as 9.65 ± 4.65. It was found that the content validity index of the scale was .99 and total Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.80.

Conclusion: The results of the study revealed that the HIV Treatment Knowledge Scale had a very high validity and reliability and could be used in Turkey.