Awareness of rights and responsibilities in occupational accidents and diseases: scale development, construct validity and reliability study.

Objectives. This study aimed to develop a measurement tool to assess employees' awareness of their rights and responsibilities before and after a potential occupational accident and disease. Methods. The study used a quantitative research method and was conducted with factory workers in the production sector in Sakarya province between April and December 2023. Firstly, scope validity was performed to develop the scale. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was then conducted for construct validity. The scale's reliability was determined using the Cronbach α internal consistency coefficient. In CFA, all goodness-of-fit indices confirmed the acceptable fit of the model: root mean square error of approximation (rmsea) = 0.080, normalized fit index (NFI = 0.925), comparative fit index (CFI = 0.950), standardized root mean square residual (SRMR = 0.044), χ² fit index (χ² / df = 2.800), Tucker-Lewis index (TLI = 0.944). Conclusion. The occupational accident and disease awareness scale is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing employees' awareness of rights and responsibilities in occupational accidents and diseases.