Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of The Pediatric Comfort Assessment Scale

Turkısh Valıdıty And Relıabılıty Study Of The Pedıatrıc Comfort Assessment Scale ABSTRACT Objective: In this study, it was aimed to adapt the “Pediatric Comfort Assessment Scale (PCAS)” to Turkish. Methods: It is a methodological research. The research was carried out between September 2018 and September 2019. The population of the study consisted of children receiving treatment and care in pediatric units of a Foundation University’s Health Group in Istanbul, and the sample was composed of 256 children whose consent was obtained from their parents, who were in 1 month-18 years age group, who did not have congenital anomalies and did not take analgesics. “The Child's Descriptive Information Form”, "Pediatric Comfort Assessment Scale", “FLACC (Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability) Pain Scale” and “Visual Analogue Scale VAS)” were used to collect data. Validity and reliability analyses were made in the evaluation of research data. Results: It was determined that 42.2% of the children participating in the study were in 1 month-1-year age range, and 61.3% were male. In accordance with the expert opinion, content validity ratios were calculated separately for all items of the scale and the overall content validity index was found to be 0.97. Confirmatory Factor Analysis Index Values of the Comfort Scale were found as χ2/sd=3,21; GFI=0,90; AGFI= 0,91; CFI=0,90; RMSEA=0,07; SRMR=0,07. When the standardized coefficients were examined, it was determined that the factor loadings of the scale items were high, the standard error values were low, the t-values were significant (p