Validity and reliability study of Non-Verbal Paın Indıcatorschecklist for Turkish

Objective: The purpose of the study is to assess the validity and reliability of Nonverbal Pain Indicators Checklist (CNPI) for Turkish society.Methods: This is a methodological study which involved 35 elderly patients who hospitalized in orthopedic clinic at Dokuz Eylül University Hospital from May in 2009 to January in 2010. We had confirmation of Ethics Committee, and written permission was obtained from the researcher who develop the tool, from the institution and patients. The data were collected with ?Patient Data Collection Form? and ?Pain Indicators Checklist? developed by Feldt (2000). This tool that valid for elderly patients with cognitive impaired consist of six items. Pain behaviours in Control Checklist evaluated ?0= not pain? and ?1= have a pain?, received minimum 0 and maximum 6 point by measurement tool.Results: In the psycholinguistics validity of the tool, translation back-translation was made and in the content validity of the tool, it was determined that the opinions of the experts were consistent (Kendall W= .048, p= .859). KR-20 reliability coefficient?s were determined before oral care .56, during oral care .65 and after oral care .60; before mobilization .71, during mobilization .75, and after mobilization .81, respectively.Conclusion: Checklist of Nonverbal Pain Indicators is a reliable and valid tool that can be used the older patient who have orthopedic surgery in Turkish society, although it has some limitations. This tool is suggested to use in pain assessment of elderly patients who have cognitive impaired.Keywords: Checklist of Nonverbal Pain Indicators (CNPI), Validity, Reliability, Pain Assesment by Nurses.