Validation and reliability of utian quality of life scale

This study has been conducted descriptive and methadological, in order to determine the quality of life of menopausal women and evaluate the validity and reliability of Utian Quality of Life Scale in Turkish language. The population of the study was composed of 250 women who applied to Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women's Health Education and Research Hospital's Menapause Polyclinics. Personal information form and Utian Quality of Life Scale are used for collecting data and SF-36 is used for the reliability of equivalent form in the study. Language validity, content validity, construct validity methods are used to assess the validity of the scale; Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient calculation, equivalent form reliability methods are used to assess reliability of the scale and frequencies, percentages, Mann Whitney U Test and Kruskal-Wallis H Test with Bonferroni correction is used for data analysis. The cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of Utian Quality of Life Scale is calculated 0.88 and the scale is considered as a valid and reliable measurement tool for Turkish population. The avarage age of the study population is x̅=54.25±6.17, 54.8% of the study population are primary school graduate, 9.6 % are working in a wage-earning employment, 81.2% are married, 81.2% are living in city centre and 79.6% describe themselves as middle income people. Additionally; the Utian Quality of Life Scale attitude mean value is x̅=75.43±15.64, professional/work quality attitude mean value is x=26.75 ± 4.13, sexual quality attitude mean value is x=9.34±3.16, health quality attitude mean value is x=20.43±6.59 and the emotional quality attitudes mean value is x=18.91 ±5.43. According to these values it is determined that, the general quality of life, professional/work quality, sexual quality, health quality and emotional quality of menapousal women is in medium level. Also when the Utian Quality of Life Scale attitude mean values are compared according to the properties of women; it is found that the quality of life of women is rising with increase of educational status, economical situation perception, regular physical exercise, regular health controls by gynecologists, positive menopause perception and with decrease of having chronical disease, medication use, having menopause related health problems (p<0.05). In this context; it is concluded that in order to increase the quality of life of menopausal women, it is required to improve their educational and socioeconomic levels, disseminate menopause policlinics where they can take continuous education and personal consultation services and ensure to perform nurses' education and consultancy roles in the best way.