Development of the home program quality scale and examining its validity and reliability

This study was planned to develop the Home Program Quality Scale (HPQS) and to examine its psychometric properties. Item pools were prepared to develop the forms of the scales. The forms were prepared to be answered by two groups, the therapist (Terapist Formu) and the client/caregiver (Danışan/bakım veren formu). Item pools were created to develop scale forms. Content validity was calculated with the responses obtained from the expert opinion forms (Terapist Formu CVI=0.9921; Danışan/bakım veren formu CVI=0.9974). Accordingly, the final form of the forms was given. The forms were applied to the therapist (n=179) and client/caregiver (n=185) groups. To examine the construct validity of the scale, Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyzes were performed separately for each group. The number of items, which was initially determined as 38 for both forms, decreased to 11 for the Therapist Form and 8 for the Client/Caregiver Form as a result of the analysis. HPQS Terapist Formu explained 44.792% of the total variance, while Danışan/bakım veren formu explained 69.793%. The concordance values obtained for HPQS Terapist Formu were χ2/df= 2.664, RMSEA= 0.097, SRMR= 0.06, TLI=0.886, GFI= 0.909, CFI= 0.913, and IFI= 0.914. SRMR, GFI, CFI, IFI indexes acceptable fit; χ2/df showed excellent fit values. The fit indices for EPNÖ Danışan/bakım veren formu were χ2/df= 3.370, RMSEA= 0.113, SRMR= 0.027, TLI=0.950, GFI= 0.929, CFI= 0.968, and IFI= 0.968. χ2/df, GFI, TLI indices acceptable fit; The SRMR index shows that it has excellent fit values. In the reliability analysis of the scale, ICC=0.998 and Cronbach's alpha=0.868 for Terapist Formu; For Danışan/bakım veren formu, ICC=0.990 and Cronbach's alpha=0.932. As a result of the test-retest, a statistically positive and significant relationship was found. The results obtained from both measurements show that the scale measures consistently and gives reliable results. As a result of our study, it was determined that the scale was valid and reliable in measuring the quality of home programs.