Adaptation of COVID-19 risk perception and COVID-19 prevention guidelines compliance scales to Turkish: a validity and reliability study

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to make Turkish adaptation and psychometric analysis of the COVID-19 Risk Perception and COVID-19 Prevention Guideline Compliance scales. Material and Method: The COVID-19 Risk Perception and COVID-19 Prevention Guideline Compliance scales administered to a total of 385 healthcare workers (Emergency medical technician, paramedic, ambulance driver etc.) and 50 healthcare workers were retested two weeks later. The opinions of 10 experts were taken for the content validity of the scale, the confirmatory factor analysis was performed for the construct validity, the Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was calculated to determine the internal consistency, and the test-retest reliability was performed and the results were evaluated with Pearson correlation analysis. Results: It can be concluded that an agreement among experts according to the results of the content validity index of the Turkish version of COVID-19 Risk Perception scale was found to be 0.91, the COVID-19 prevention guideline compliance scale was found to be 1. The test-retest reliability correlation of the scales was 0.85. Conclusion: COVID-19 Risk Perception and the COVID-19 prevention guideline compliance scales were suitable for Turkish culture, and they are valid and reliable.