The validity and reliability of Turkish version of the children's home inventory for listening difficulties–(C.H.I.L.D) questionnaire


YILDIRIM GÖKAY N., Baysan C., YÜCEL E.

Cochlear Implants International, 2024 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/14670100.2024.2304468
  • Dergi Adı: Cochlear Implants International
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MEDLINE
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Children, Listening Difficulties, Validity and Reliability
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Children's Home Inventory for Listening Difficulties–(C.H.I.L.D) questionnaire. Methods: The study included 121 children with cochlear implants and their families aged 3-12 years and 171 children with normal hearing and their families. Confirmatory factor analysis (C.F.A.) was used to assess construct validity, Cronbach's alpha was used to analyze internal consistency and test-retest reliability was also investigated. Results: The reliability coefficients of the entire C.H.I.L.D family member (C.H.I.L.D-FM) and children version (C.H.I.L.D-C) were 0.983, 0.978, and Cronbach's coefficients were 0.992, 0.992, and the corrected item-total correlations increased from 0.989 to 0.994 and from 0.988 to 0.994, respectively. The scale's construct validity was excellent, according to the CFA analyses. The goodness-of-fit indexes (for the parent's version 0.892 and for the child's version 0.867) demonstrated a good fit for the single-factor construct, with only the normed fit index revealing an acceptable fit. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the C.H.I.L.D is a reliable and valid evaluation test for children and their family members.