Cross-Cultural Adaptation Of The Persian Version Of Test Of The Adherence To Inhalers (TAI)

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Table 1 Content Validity Of The Questionnaire

Question	CVI	CVR
1	1	0.80
2	0.9	0.80
3	1	0.80
4	1	0.80
5	0.7	0.80
6	1	0.80
7	1	0.80
8	1	1
9	0.9	0.80
10	1	0.90
Total	0.95	0.83

Table 2 Content Validity Index (Relevancy, Clarity, And Fluency)

Question	Fluency	Clarity	Relevancy
1	0.8	0.9	1
2	1	1	0.9
3	0.9	0.9	1
4	0.9	0.9	1
5	0.9	0.9	0.7
6	1	1	1
7	1	1	1
8	0.9	0.9	1
9	0.8	0.8	0.9
10	1	1	1
Total	0.92	0.93	0.95

Table 3 Concurrent Validity Of TAI & GMAS

TAI GMAS	Correlation
Correlation Coefficient	0.613
p-value	0.06

Table 4 Reliability Measures Of TAI

Variable	First Test	Second Test	Paired t-Test		Pearson Correlation Coefficient	Interclass Correlation (ICC)		p-Value	Cronbach Alpha
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	p-Value	t		Test Means	One Test
*Q1	1.05 (2.09)	1.04 (2.02)	0.210	−1.261	0.860	0.925	0.860	0.0001	0.925
Q2	1.32 (3.29)	1.31 (3.3)	0.897	−0.13	0.829	0.859	0.907	0.0001	0.907
Q3	1.28 (2.58)	1.39 (2.7)	0.140	−1.486	0.822	0.819	0.901	0.0001	0.901
Q4	1.06 (3.75)	1.06 (3.81)	0.222	−1.228	0.895	0.895	0.944	0.0001	0.944
Q5	1.43 (3.46)	1.41 (3.34)	0.05	2.031	0.914	0.914	0.955	0.0001	0.955
Q6	1.14 (3.82)	1.15 (3.84)	0.62	−0.498	0.939	0.939	0.968	0.0001	0.968
Q7	1.20 (3.89)	1.23 (3.9)	0.829	−0.217	0.929	0.929	0.963	0.0001	0.963
Q8	1.34 (3.59)	1.34 (3.58)	0.259	−1.136	0.923	0.923	0.960	0.0001	0.960
Q9	1.1 (3.73)	1.15 (3.67)	0.259	1.136	0.892	0.891	0.942	0.0001	0.942
Q10	1.12 (3.82)	1.09 (3.88)	0.259	−1.136	0.887	0.886	0.940	0.0001	0.940
Total	6.002 (33.95)	6.22 (34.04)	0.32	−0.627	0.973	0.972	0.986	0.0001	0.986

Table 5 Demographic Characteristics Of Study Participants

Characteristics		Frequency	Percent
Gender	Male	57	57
	Female	43	43
Marital status	Single	1	1
	Married	82	82
	Divorced	8	8
	Widow	9	9
Educational level	Illiterate	8	8
	Elementary school	26	26
	High school	19	19
	College graduate	31	31
	Higher education	16	16
Occupation	Housewife	32	32
	Clerk	6	6
	Worker	20	20
	Self-employed	33	33
	Other	9	9
Diagnosis	Emphysema	25	25
	Bronchitis	42	42
	Both	33	33
Comorbidity	HTN	32	32
	Diabetes	23	23
	Multiple Sclerosis	5	5
	Cancer	9	9
	No disease	31	31
Smoking history	Yes	86	86
	No	14	14
Age, years		Mean (SD)
		53 (6.17)

Table 6 Patient Adherence To Medication

Frequency Adherence Level	Relative	Absolute
Poor	99	99
Intermediate	1	1
Total	100	100

Table 7 The Information About The Item Scores

	Always	More Than Half	About Half	Less Than Half	None	Range	Median
Q1	10	25	15	7	43	3	2
	Always	Mostly	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Q2	13	13	28	23	23	4	3
Q3	24	31	9	23	13	4	2
Q4	3	9	22	36	30	4	4
Q5	14	18	16	24	28	4	4
Q6	5	8	21	30	36	4	4
Q7	9	5	12	35	39	4	4
Q8	13	9	14	35	29	4	4
Q9	3	16	22	29	30	4	4
Q10	2	13	15	35	35	4	4