The Reliability and Validity Study of Turkish Version of the Death Depression Scale-Revised Among Nurses

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ID13628434
AuthorsÖmer Ödek (0000-0002-6704-8178, Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, corresponding author), Mümin Savaş (0000-0001-9240-7833, Erciyes University), Filiz Özkan (Erciyes University), Handan Zincir (0000-0002-1722-4647, Erciyes University)
Year2023
Volume92
Issue4
Pages1707-1719
Publication date2023-10-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228231210898
PMID37899585
OpenAlexW4388014532
LanguageEN
References cited16

The study aimed to establish the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Death Depression Scale-Revised (DDS-R) with a sample of 284 nurses. Cronbach's coefficient for the whole scale was .909 and the sub-dimension values were calculated as .934, .798, .715, and .537. The test-retest reliability coefficient was found to be .880. The content validity index (CVI) of the scale was calculated as .86. The results of the exploratory factor analysis showed that 62.254% variance was explained in 4 sub-dimensions of the scale (existential vacuum, death emptiness, other death, death sadness). Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that a four-dimensional structure yielded a good fit (X2/df = 3.124, RMSEA = .087). TDDS-R was found to be a valid and reliable measurement tool in determining the death depression levels of nurses

Anger · Anxiety · Confirmatory factor analysis · Cronbach's alpha · Death anxiety · Exploratory factor analysis · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor · Sadness · Scale (ratio · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Turkish · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Mathematics · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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