The Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of the Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale (T-POFRAS)Zühal Çamur1, Bengü Çetinkaya21Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Denizli State Hospital, Denizli, Turkey 2Department of Pediatric Nursing, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
INTRODUCTION: To test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale (T-POFRAS) to add this scale to the literature. METHODS: A methodological study was conducted with 90 preterms in Neonatal intensive care unit in a state hospital. RESULTS: The best cut-off score values was 29 from the Receiver Operating Characteristics analysis. For the 1st observer, 100% sensitivity and 95.7% specificity were seen at a cut-off score of 29, whereas for the 2nd observer, 95.5% sensitivity and 97.8% specificity were seen. The inter-rater agreement was quite high when the two observers were divided into groups according to their cut-off scores (Kappa=0.933; p=0.0001). The inter-rater agreement was 96.7% (in 87 preterm). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: This study showed that the validity of the Turkish version of the Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale was acceptable.
Keywords: Preterm infant, reliability and validity, feeding behavior, enteral nutrition
Zühal Çamur, Bengü Çetinkaya. The Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of the Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale (T-POFRAS). . 2021; 8(3): 225-232
Corresponding Author: Zühal Çamur, Türkiye |
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