%0 Journal Article
%T Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Dialysis Symptom Index in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
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%A H.Banu
%A Usta Ye£¿ilbakan
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%J The Turkish Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Journal
%D 2013
%I Turkish Society of Nephrology
%R 10.5262/tndt.2013.1001.08
%X OBJECTIVE: This study was planned for the purpose of adapting and determining the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the ¡°Dialysis Symptom Index (DSI)¡± for Turkish hemodialysis patients.MATERIAL and METHODS: This study was conducted in two dialysis units. A total of 120 hemodialysis patients participated in the research. Written permission to conduct the research was obtained from the institutions and the patients. Research data were collected using a questionnaire and the DSI. It assesses symptoms and their severity and is widely used in patients in the end stage of the disease. The kappa values were calculated for test-retest and the Cronbach alpha coefficients were also calculated in the reliability study. Language validity and content validity were tested in the validity study.RESULTS: The patients' mean age was 54.53 (13.80). The kappa values ranged between 0.10 to 0.9 on the DSI. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the DSI was determined to be 0.83.CONCLUSION: As a result of this study carried out in accordance with methodological research principles, the Turkish version of the DSI has been understood to be a reliable and valid measurement index in Turkish populations.
%K Hemodialysis
%K Symptom
%K Dialysis symptom index
%U http://tndt.org/pdf/pdf_TNDT_905.pdf