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The Reliability and Validation of the Turkish Version of the Asthma Self-Management Knowledge Questionnaire.

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OBJECTIVES There is no validated questionnaire in Turkish to assess asthma knowledge. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Asthma… Click to show full abstract

OBJECTIVES There is no validated questionnaire in Turkish to assess asthma knowledge. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Asthma Self-Management Knowledge Questionnaire (AKQ) among asthmatic adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS The AKQ was translated into Turkish by two medical-text translators, followed by back translation and final review by two clinicians with experience in asthma management. The Turkish Asthma Self-Management Questionnaire was then applied to 202 adult asthma patients, and additional demographic and clinical features of the patients were collected for analysis. RESULTS The internal reliability of the 24-item AKQ was not high (Cronbach's alpha=0.55). Tukey's test of additivity was significant (p<0.001). This result revealed that all questions are consistent and measure the same concepts. Factor analysis demonstrated a probable structure of 10 factors that together explained 63.7% of total variance in results. Intra-class reliability of the AKQ was quite high. CONCLUSION This study shows that AKQ seems to be a suitable instrument to evaluate the effect of different components of asthma knowledge - such as triggers, medications, asthma exacerbations, and avoidance measures - in adult asthmatics.

Keywords: asthma self; knowledge; questionnaire; reliability; self management

Journal Title: Turkish thoracic journal
Year Published: 2017

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