ISSN 2756-3332
African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery ISSN 2198-4638 Vol. 2 (7), pp. 465-470, September, 2015. © International Scholars Journals
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An evaluation of validity and reliability of the NHP for menopausal women in the Nottingham health profile of the Turkish society
*1Çağatay Dink, Deniz Ben-Zvi1 and Yitzhak Gezmiş2
1Department of Gynecology and Obstetric Nursing, Health Science Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
2Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 26 August, 2015
Abstract
The Nottingham health profile (NHP) is a measurement of 38 items that was designed for measuring quality of life. The present study was conducted in order to determine evaluation of validity and reliability of the NHP for menopausal women. Ninety one (91) women who were menopausal were included in the sample of the study. The comparison of total scores of NHP and the (Medical Outcomes Study) MOS 36 item short form Health survey - SF 36 was made to determine the accuracy of the NHP. The evaluation was carried out using test-retest-reliability analysis, and correlation analysis. The correlation between NHP and SF- 36 was as follows: the sensitivity was 78% and selectivity was 76%. The coefficient of test-retest-correlation of the measurement was 0.97.The NHP was found to be an above-average measurement for menopausal women. Results of the study showed that all the statements, subcategories and total scores and the Pearson Moment Multiplication Correlation Coefficient were satisfying.
Key words: Menopause, quality of life, Nottingham health profile.