Willingness to work with elderly people scale (WEPS) for medical and nursing students: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation

ABSTRACT

The number of older people is increasing globally, particularly in middle-income countries like Turkey. The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Willingness to Work with Elderly People Scale (WEPS-T) was evaluated in this study. A descriptive, methodological and cross-sectional design was used. The data were collected using a sociodemographic form and WEPS-T during April to June 2021. The language and content validity, explanatory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to assess the validity of the scale. The scale’s reliability was obtained using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, item-total correlations, and test-retest reliability. Content validity index of WEPS-T was excellent (CVI was 1.00). All the factor loadings were found to be > .30 in factors analysis. In CFA, it was inferred that the model had a good fit (×2/df = 5.344; GFI = .864; CFI = .868; RMSEA = .079; RMR <.01). A Cronbach’s alpha value was obtained 0.881 for the entire scale. The test-retest reliability scores of the first sub-dimension were r = .84 and p < .001, the second r = .97 and p < .001, the third r = .98 and p < .001, the fourth r. = .95 and p < .001 and the total score was r = .96 and p < .001. WEPS-T is a valid and reliable measurement tool that determines the willingness of Turkish nursing and medical students to work with the older people.

View correction statement:

Correction

Supplementary material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed on the publisher’s website

Acknowledgement

We would like to thank you to Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz for his cooperation at every stage of adapting the scale to Turkish language. The authors are also grateful to the students for their participation in this study. Authors thank to Prof. Lee Smith for his professional language editing.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this article and its supplementary material files. Further enquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.

Author contributions

All authors were involved in the conception and design of the study and collecting data. B.A.S., M. A. A. and E.Ö. performed the statistical analyses. B.A.S., M.A.A. and E.Ö. wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content and approved the final version submitted.

Additional information

Funding

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.