Reliability and Validity of a Turkish Version of the Acceptance and Action Diabetes Questionnaire

• Published in: Psychiatry investigation Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 418 - 424
• Main Authors: Karadere, Mehmet Emrah, Yavuz, Kaasım Fatih, Asafov, Ece Yazla, Küçükler, Ferit Kerim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 01.06.2019; 대한신경정신의학회
• Subjects: Original; 정신과학; Diabetes; Turkish version; Reliability and validity; Acceptance and action
• ISSN: 1738-3684; 1976-3026
• DOI: 10.30773/pi.2019.02.26.2

The aim of this study is to perform validity and reliability examination of the Turkish form of Acceptance and Action Diabetes Questionnaire, and to investigate whether this scale is a measurement tool for evaluation of psychological flexibility levels in a sample of patients with diabetes in Turkey. This study was conducted with 105 patients. Turkish forms of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Problem Areas in Diabetes Questionnaire (PAID), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I and STAI-II), Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL) and Turkish form of Acceptance and Action Diabetes Questionnaire (TAADQ) were applied. SPSS 20.0 and AMOS was used in statistical analysis. 56.12% of the patients were female and the mean of age was 54 (SD=±9.9) years. The mean duration of education was found 7.65 (SD=3.97) years. 74.8% of the patients most of whom (83.3%, n=85) had diabetes mellitus and the mean glycemic control calculated with HbA1c was 8.02±1.91. According to the final fit indices, we found that the revised and corrected 9-item model was superior over the previous model. Cronbach Alpha coefficient of TAADQ was found as 0.836. TAADQ is a valid and reliable assessment tool in Turkish population. So TAADQ will be a powerfull tool in assessing psychological flexibility in diabetes patients.