Validity and reliability study of the Turkish form of fertility problem inventory

This research was made methodologically to determine the validity and the reliability of Fertility Problem Inventory which is use to measure infertility related stress. The research was carried out T. C. Ministry of Health Public Hospitals Union İzmir North Region General Secretary Tepecik Training and Research Hospital IVF Clinic from May 2013 to November 2015. All the patient refered to IVF clinic were the scope of research. The individuals who agreed to participate in the research composed the research sample .The research was completed with the participation of 250 women and 250 men. At the same time 15 days later, 20 men and 20 women were invited for re-test. After forward-backward translation from English to Turkısh, experts gave numbers to each items. Kendall Coefficient Concordance was calculeted and it was determined that the experts made an agreement (W=0.355, p=0.000; p<0.001). Principal axis factoring with Promax was used Exploratory Factor Analysis. Then 5 factor solution was accepted. Cronbach alpha was found 0.883 for all individual, 0.891 for women and 0.870 for men. The Fertility Problem Inventory scale was assessed by correlation between five subscales. Intercorelation was found significant and positive (p<0.001).Cronbach alpha was found 0.926 for retest. Retest correlation was found significant and positive (p<0.001). According to theresults, the validity and the relialibity of Fertility Problem Inventory was determined. This inventory can be used for determining infertility related stres both women and men.