Global Health Competency Self-confidence Scale Turkish Adaptation: A Validity and Reliability Study.

Abstract

Background: One of the most important factors of Global Health Competence, which is an important and current issue, is self-efficacy. When the literature is examined, it is seen that there are very few scales developed to measure individuals' Global Health Competence Self-Confidence.

Objectives: In this study, the Turkish adaptation of the Global Health Competency Self-confidence Scale (GHCSCS) developed by Stuhlmiller et al. (2018) was carried out.

Materials and methods: The study group of the research comprised 438 people. The study group was selected using the appropriate sampling method. Turkish to English and English to Turkish translation, back translation was done.

Results: The data set was suitable for factor analysis since the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin coefficient was close to 1 and the Bartlett sphericity test significance level was <0.05. To the construct validity of the scale, confirmatory factor analysis was performed. The Chi-square fit indices of the scale were found to be significant (χ2/standard deviation = 2.460). Other fit indices were found to be Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.058 CFI = 0.922, adjusted goodness-of-fit index = 0.877, and goodness-of-fit index = 0.903. The Cronbach alpha value of the total internal consistency coefficient used to specify the reliability of the GHCSCS was found to be 0.94. It was detected that the Turkish version of the scale comprised 22 items and 4 subdimensions.

Conclusion: With all these obtained findings, it can be said that the Turkish Form of the GHCSCS is a reliable and valid measurement tool with acceptable values.