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Psychometric Characteristics of the Turkish Version of the Nurse Comfort Questionnaire

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The aim of this study was to determine psychometric characteristics of the Turkish version of the Nurse Comfort Questionnaire (NCQ). The sample of the study comprised 275 nurses in the western part of Turkey. To collect the study data, the Sociodemographic Characteristics Questionnaire and NCQ were used. After the statistical analyses conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Ferrandiz and Martin-Baena’s NCQ, some items were excluded from the original questionnaire, and a 39-item NCQ for Turkey was developed. The analyses showed that the 39-item NCQ had a valid and reliable structure of Turkish nurses.

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  1. Department of Fundamentals Nursing, Ege University Nursing School, 35000, Izmir, Turkey

    Şebnem Cinar Yucel

  2. Department of Fundamentals Nursing, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, 70200, Karaman, Turkey

    Gamze Goke Arslan

  3. Department of Fundamentals Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Manisa Celal Bayar University, 45000, Manisa, Turkey

    Eda Ergin

  4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, 34810, Istanbul, Turkey

    Sema Kuguoglu

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To use the questionnaire in the study, the written permission was obtained from Kolcaba, who developed the questionnaire, and Ferrandiz and Martin-Baena, who adapted the questionnaire into Spanish. The ethical approval and permission to conduct the study were obtained from the Ethics Committee of Ege University Faculty of Nursing and the hospital where the study was to be conducted, respectively.

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Cinar Yucel, Ş., Goke Arslan, G., Ergin, E. et al. Psychometric Characteristics of the Turkish Version of the Nurse Comfort Questionnaire. J Relig Health 58, 1803–1816 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00852-4

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