1. Development and psychometric evaluation of the Ketogenic Diet Management Scale for Children with Epilepsy-Parent Form.
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Ayar, Dijle, Bektas, Murat, Ünalp, Aycan, Yilmaz, Ünsal, Kos, Fulya Merve, Yavuz, Merve, Parlak, İ̇pek Burcu, Karaoğlu, Pakize, and Yanar, Saliha
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HEALTH literacy ,PARENTS ,STATISTICAL correlation ,KETOGENIC diet ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,EPILEPSY ,RESEARCH methodology ,PSYCHOMETRICS ,RESEARCH ,STATISTICAL reliability ,COMPARATIVE studies ,FACTOR analysis ,DATA analysis software ,CHILDREN - Abstract
This study was conducted to develop a measurement tool to achieve ketogenic diet management in parents of children with epilepsy and examine its Turkish psychometric properties. The study was conducted on 317 parents using a descriptive correlational method. Data analysis and evaluation were performed using factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and item – total score correlation. The scale consists of 20 items and unidimensional factor. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, the total explained variance of the unidimensional factor was 63.809%. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.971. The four-weeks test-retest reliability evaluated with intra-class correlation was 0.87. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated, the model fit index results were recorded as follows: 0.95 as the Goodness-of-Fit Index; comparative fit index, 0.96 and normed fit index, 0.94. The study determined that the Ketogenic Diet Management Scale for Children with Epilepsy-Parent Form is a measurement tool that can be used by health professionals and that is used to evaluate parents' ketogenic diet knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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