فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Abstract:Background and AimIncreasing life expectancy and improving the quality of life of patients with cancer is one of the healthpriorities. The attitude towards life is one of the most important effective factors. The objective of presentstudy was psychometric evaluation of revised life attitude scale in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.Materials and MethodsThis was a methodological study. 138 patients with cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy have beenselected by simple random sampling. First, the scale was translated to Persian. Internal consistency wasestimated using Cronbach's coefficient alpha. The validity was determined by constructed validity usingexploratory factor analysis exploratory, content validity (by calculating content validity index and contentvalidity ratio) and also face validity.ResultsResults of factor analysis showed six essential factors as the basis of Persian life attitude profile-revisedscale. The first factor (goals) explained the main portion of variance of scale’s questions. The index ofKaiser-Meyer-Olkin showed the adequacy of sample size. (0.601). Content validity index was 0.79-0.85. Thecontent validity ratio for the above choices of scale was equal to +0.99 (p<0. 05).ConclusionsAccording to the results of this study the Persian version of life attitude in patients scale in cancer patientshad appropriate validity and reliability. The mentioned tool is also suitable for researches and useful as ascreening tool in clinical environments.Keywords:Attitude; Reliability and Validity; Cancer; Scales