Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale: Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Form Massachusetts Genel Hastane Saç/Kıl Yolma Ölçeği: Türkçe Formunun Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması
Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi, cilt.34, sa.1, ss.2-10, 2023 (SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.5080/u25864
- Dergi Adı: Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), MEDLINE, Psycinfo, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2-10
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Trichotillomania, reliability, validity, scale, hair pulling, body focused repetetive behaviour
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze the validity and reliability of the Turkish form of Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale (MGH-HPS), which is used to measure the severity of Trichotillomania (TTM). Methods: Fifty patients diagnosed with TTM according to the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and fifty healthy controls participated in the study. The participants were asked to complete a sociodemographic questionnaire, the MGH-HPS-TR, the Clinical Global Impression (CGI), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11). The construct validity and the criterion validity of the MGH-HPS-TR were determined by means of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), respectively. The reliability analysis of the MGH-HPS-TR was assessed by calculating the Cronbach’s α coefficient and the item total correlation coefficient. The values for the area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity and specificity were based on the ROC analysis. Results: AFA and CFA results indicated a single factor structure with 7 items explaining 82.5% of the variance. The item/factor loadings were satisfactory with the best fit indeces. Correlations were found between the scores on the MGH-HPS-TR and the other scales used for criterion validity analyses. The internal consistency and the item-total correlation coefficients of the scale were found to be satisfactory. Based on a cut of point of ≥ 9, the scale had high power for discriminating between the patient and the control groups and high sensitivity and specificity. Conclusion: This study showed that the MGH-HPS-TR can be used as a valid and reliable psychometric tool in Turkey