Validation of Turkish Version of Newest Vital Sign Scale to Assess Health Literacy

Objective:The aim of the study was to check Turkish validation of the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) scale.Methods:The participants were composed of the patients who were registered in a Family Health Center located in Bursa between September 2016 and February 2017. The subjects selected by random sampling...

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Main Authors: Fatih ÇİFTÇİ, Hakan DEMİRCİ, Hilal Nemli ÇİFTÇİ, Gökhan OCAKOĞLU
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Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2021-04-01
Series:Bezmiâlem Science
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Online Access: http://bezmialemscience.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/validation-of-turkish-version-of-newest-vital-sign/47239
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spelling doaj-e666a00d4ed34381bb1ce82a9b517ad52021-04-15T08:48:13ZengGalenos Publishing HouseBezmiâlem Science2148-23732148-23732021-04-019221922510.14235/bas.galenos.2020.405213049054Validation of Turkish Version of Newest Vital Sign Scale to Assess Health LiteracyFatih ÇİFTÇİ0Hakan DEMİRCİ1Hilal Nemli ÇİFTÇİ2Gökhan OCAKOĞLU3 Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Family Medicine, Bursa, Turkey Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Family Medicine, Bursa, Turkey Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Internal Diseases, Bursa, Turkey Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Bursa, Turkey Objective:The aim of the study was to check Turkish validation of the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) scale.Methods:The participants were composed of the patients who were registered in a Family Health Center located in Bursa between September 2016 and February 2017. The subjects selected by random sampling method and they were invited to the study. The research was performed by applying survey with the face to face method to the participants.Results:Turkish version of the NVS scale is a valid tool to assess health literacy. Cronbach alpha coefficient was calculated as 0.720 for NVS scale. Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis revealed a cut-off point for the NVS scale which was 4. According to the NVS scale, 57.9% of the participants had an adequate health literacy level.Conclusion:This sample was found to be adequate for validation analysis of NVS scale. NVS is a reliable and valid tool to evaluate health literacy among Turkish population and the cut-off point for the scale is 4. Health literacy is inadequate for less than half of the people living in our region. http://bezmialemscience.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/validation-of-turkish-version-of-newest-vital-sign/47239 health literacynewest vital signreliabilityvalidation
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Hakan DEMİRCİ
Hilal Nemli ÇİFTÇİ
Gökhan OCAKOĞLU
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Hakan DEMİRCİ
Hilal Nemli ÇİFTÇİ
Gökhan OCAKOĞLU
Validation of Turkish Version of Newest Vital Sign Scale to Assess Health Literacy
Bezmiâlem Science
health literacy
newest vital sign
reliability
validation
author_facet Fatih ÇİFTÇİ
Hakan DEMİRCİ
Hilal Nemli ÇİFTÇİ
Gökhan OCAKOĞLU
author_sort Fatih ÇİFTÇİ
title Validation of Turkish Version of Newest Vital Sign Scale to Assess Health Literacy
title_short Validation of Turkish Version of Newest Vital Sign Scale to Assess Health Literacy
title_full Validation of Turkish Version of Newest Vital Sign Scale to Assess Health Literacy
title_fullStr Validation of Turkish Version of Newest Vital Sign Scale to Assess Health Literacy
title_full_unstemmed Validation of Turkish Version of Newest Vital Sign Scale to Assess Health Literacy
title_sort validation of turkish version of newest vital sign scale to assess health literacy
publisher Galenos Publishing House
series Bezmiâlem Science
issn 2148-2373
2148-2373
publishDate 2021-04-01
description Objective:The aim of the study was to check Turkish validation of the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) scale.Methods:The participants were composed of the patients who were registered in a Family Health Center located in Bursa between September 2016 and February 2017. The subjects selected by random sampling method and they were invited to the study. The research was performed by applying survey with the face to face method to the participants.Results:Turkish version of the NVS scale is a valid tool to assess health literacy. Cronbach alpha coefficient was calculated as 0.720 for NVS scale. Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis revealed a cut-off point for the NVS scale which was 4. According to the NVS scale, 57.9% of the participants had an adequate health literacy level.Conclusion:This sample was found to be adequate for validation analysis of NVS scale. NVS is a reliable and valid tool to evaluate health literacy among Turkish population and the cut-off point for the scale is 4. Health literacy is inadequate for less than half of the people living in our region.
topic health literacy
newest vital sign
reliability
validation
url http://bezmialemscience.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/validation-of-turkish-version-of-newest-vital-sign/47239
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