Turkish adaptation of the interprofessional attitude scale (IPAS)

ABSTRACT

The Interprofessional Attitude Scale (IPAS) was developed to measure the core competencies for interprofessional education and collaborative practice, which thepresent study aims to evaluate for adaptation into Turkish. The study was conducted with 254 students from four different faculties related to health sciences. The guideline by Sosua and Rojannasrirat (2011) was followed. Content validity analysis, descriptive analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and correlation analysis were performed. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha. Descriptive analysis revealed that the majority of the participants agreed with the items (mean scale score was 160.99 ± 15.99). The Item and Scales content validity indices were 0.85–1.00 and 0.93 respectively. In the construct validity analysis, the scale was divided into five sub-dimensions at an acceptable level. The reliability coefficient was calculated as 0.87. In the analysis of scale items variance component percentages estimated for person, for items, and for person × item were 14.1%, 29%, and 56.9%, respectively. In conclusion, IPAS-TR is a valid and reliable tool that can be used to measure interprofessional attitudes.

KEYWORDS:

• Interprofessional education
• IPAS-Turkish
• validity
• reliability
• transcultural translation

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the developers of the original scale Jeffrey Norris, Joan G Carpenter, Jacqueline Eaton, Jia-Wen Guo, Madeline Lassche, Marjorie A. Pett, and Donald K. Blumenthal, who supported our work and answered all our questions sincerely at every stage. We would also thank the experts who helped with language and cross-cultural adaptation and supported our work with their feedback. Finally, we thank the 2019-2020 graduates of Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Dentistry, Health Sciences and Medicine, who voluntarily responded to the scale in the pilot study.

Disclosure statement

The author(s) declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Author contributions

Idea/concept: MİBK, OSKO; Design: MİBK, OSKO Materials: All authors; Data collection and/or processing: GK; Analysis and/or interpretation: MİBK, GK; Literature Review: All authors; Article writing: All authors; Critical review: All authors.

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Notes on contributors

Mukadder Inci Baser Kolcu

Mukadder Inci Baser Kolcu, DDS, PhD is Assistant Professor of Süleyman Demirel University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education and Informatics, Isparta, Turkey.

Ozlem Surel Karabilgin Ozturkcu

Ozlem Surel Karabilgin Ozturkcu, Md, PhD is Associate Professor of Ege University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Izmir, Turkey.

Giray Kolcu

Giray Kolcu, Md, PhD is Assistant Professor of Süleyman Demirel University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education and Informatics, and Vice Director of Institute of Health Sciences Isparta, Turkey.