Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
5th Internatıonal Health Scıence And Lıfe Congress (Ihslc 2022), Burdur, Türkiye, 10 - 12 Mart 2022, ss.629
Background: The post-discharge home transition process of preterm infants is crucial for both
mother-infant health and the prevention of health expenditures caused by rehospitalization.
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the psycholinguistic and psychometric properties of
the Turkish version of the Transition Questionnaire, which is grounded on the Hospital-toHome Transition Model. Methods: This cross-sectional methodological study was conducted
with the participation of 380 parents in the neonatal intensive care clinic in a tertiary hospital
between February 2020 and January 2021. A data assessment, number and percentage analysis,
and language validity, content validity, and construct validity analyses were applied. In
addition, a cluster analysis was performed on the sub-dimensions obtained from the
questionnaire, and one-way analysis of variance was used to test the difference between the
clusters. Results: The content validity index was determined to be 0.89. It was determined that
the sample size was adequate for the factor analysis. As a result of the exploratory factor
analysis, 12 items with an item factor load of <0.40 were omitted from the questionnaire. Fit
indices of the new three-factor questionnaire structure that was formed upon removal of the
items were evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis. The reliability coefficient was found to
be 0.871-0.716 for the sub-dimensions of the questionnaire and 0.795 for the overall
questionnaire. Discussion and Conclusion: It was determined that the Turkish version of the
Transition Questionnaire is valid and reliable for making post-discharge evaluations of parents
with preterm infants in Turkish society.