Development of an Attitude Scale for Cancer Screening

This study aims to develop a scale to measure people's attitudes towards cancer screening and conduct a pilot study and validity-reliability study of the developed scale. METHODSThis methodological study was conducted on 334 voluntary male and female relatives of patient who were between 30-70 years of age and attend family health centers at Meram district of Konya province.A sociodemographic form and a candidate scale were used for data collection.Data analysis was performed in a computer setting. RESULTSThe study group of 334 participants consisted of 50% males and 50% females, and the mean age was 42.93±9.60years.Four items with item score-scale score correlation less than ±0.200 were excluded from the 28-item candidate scale.Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the 24-item scale was calculated as 0.95.Face and content validity of the scale was evaluated with two different groups.Factor analysis that was used to assess the construct validity of the one-dimensional 24-item scale determined that explained the variance ratio was 52.62%. CONCLUSIONAs a result of our study, a new five-point Likert scale called "Attitude Scale for Cancer Screening" has been developed.Validity and reliability studies of the scale suggest that the scale is suitable for use in our society.