Development and psychometric testing of the Family Functioning Questionnaire in Rehabilitation (FFQR)

Hatice ABAOĞLU; Esra AKI

Article Details

Development and psychometric testing of the Family Functioning Questionnaire in Rehabilitation (FFQR)

Authors:

Hatice ABAOĞLU | Esra AKI

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2019 Vol.49 Issue 6, pp.1766-1773

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000749806

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144

Abstract:

 

Background/aim:  The  present  study  aimed  to  develop  a  reliable  and  valid  assessment  tool  for  measuring  family  functioning  in  rehabilitation. Materials  and  methods:  Semistructured  interviews  were  performed  with  100  rehabilitation  professionals  working  in  pediatrics  to  identify  the  feature  to  be  measured.  The  items  determined  with  the  qualitative  analysis  of  the  data  were  presented  to  14  experts  and  content  validity  was  provided.  The  questionnaire  created  based  on  the  judgments  of  the  experts  was  administered  to  440  parents  of  children with special needs. Results:  After  validity  and  reliability  analysis,  the  final  version  of  the  questionnaire  comprised  48  items  with  four  factors  identified  as  awareness,  attitude  and  behavior,  social  participation,  and  engagement  in  rehabilitation.  These  factors  explained  49.94%  of  the  total variance and the factor loadings ranged from 0.492 to 0.773. Internal consistency reliability calculated with the Cronbach alpha coefficient was found to be 0.943. The test-retest reliability coefficient between the two administrations with a two-week interval was found as 0.772. Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that the newly developed Family Functioning Questionnaire in Rehabilitation met the criteria  for  examining  the  role  of  families  of  children  with  special  needs  in  rehabilitation  programs  and  had  adequate  psychometric  properties.

Article Details

Development and psychometric testing of the Family Functioning Questionnaire in Rehabilitation (FFQR)

Authors: Hatice ABAOĞLU | Esra AKI

Publisher: TUBITAK

Journal: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2019 Vol.49 Issue 6, pp.1766-1773

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 11/2019

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000749806

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1303-6165

pISSN: 1300-0144

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Authors:

Hatice ABAOĞLU | Esra AKI

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2019 Vol.49 Issue 6, pp.1766-1773

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000749806

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144