Yoğun Bakım Ünitesi Mobilizasyon Ölçeğinin Türkçeye Uyarlama, Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması: Metadolojik Çalışma

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to adapt the Intensive Care Units (ICU)-Mobility Scale which evaluates and classifies the mobilization status of ICU patients into Turkish. Material and Methods: A methodological and cross-sectional study design was used. This study was conducted in different types of ICU (Anesthesia ICU, Internal Medicine ICU, Neurology ICU, Coronary ICU, Cardiovascular Surgery ICU, and Neurosurgery ICU) of an Education and Research Hospital in İstanbul between June and August 2019 with a hundred patients receiving treatment. Data were collected using a questionnaire developed by the researchers and the ICU-Mobility Scale. For the validity of the scale, the language validity was tested. In order to determine its reliability, kappa inter-observer compliance analysis was performed. Results: Patients hospitalized in medical (65%) and surgical (35%) ICUs were involved in the study. Of the patients, 51% were female and 49% were male. The average age of the patients is 69.65±16.33 years. The language validity of the scale was ensured with World Health Organization's methods for the translation and adaptation of instruments developed in different languages. As a result of the kappa observer agreement, 0.846 (p˂0.001) was found to be high in reliability. The ICU-Mobility Scale was found to be valid and reliable in this study. Conclusion: Classification of types of mobilization is important in order to overcome barriers and standardize protocols that can be carried out. The ICU-Mobility Scale may be used to standardize and record the patients' mobility status in the ICU.