Karahan, AzizeToruner, EbruCeylan, AysunAbbasoğlu, AyselTekindal, AgahBüyükgönenç, Lale Ayşegül2019-05-132019-05-132014Karahan, A., Toruner, E. K., Ceylan, A., Abbasoğlu, A., Tekindal, A., Büyükgönenç, L. (2014). Reliability and validity of a turkish language version of the bates-jensen wound assessment tool. Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence Nursing, 41(4), 340-344.1071-5754https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000036https://hdl.handle.net/11491/1250PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate content and construct validity of a Turkish language version of the Bates Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT) as well as its internal consistency and interrater reliability. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: The study was conducted in 13 intensive care units that included patients with pressure ulcers; the units were located in a university hospital in Central Anatolia, Turkey. The sample comprised 70 nurses and 20 patients who have stage II, III, and IV pressure ulcers. METHODS: Data were collected between January and April 2011. Content validity was measured using the Davis Technique. The BWAT was scored by 2 groups, nurses with expertise in wound care and staff nurses. An expert nurse and a ward nurse conducted pressure ulcer evaluation on the same patient consecutively in order to determine interrater reliability. We also measured internal consistency via the Cronbach [alpha]. RESULTS: The content validity agreement rate was 0.82. The interrater reliability of the instrument was 0.82; its internal consistency calculated via the Cronbach [alpha] was 0.85. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study support the Turkish language version of the BWAT as possessing content validity, interrater reliability and internal consistency.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBates Wound Assessment ToolReliabilityWound AssessmentArticle41434034410.1097/WON.0000000000000036N/AQ1