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Abstract
The purpose of the authors was to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool for assessing the status of privacy protection. This study was conducted methodologically. This scale was tested with 500 healthcare professionals who were employed in nine provinces in Turkey. The obtained data were used to test the scale’s validity and reliability. In the level of awareness section, the variance explained 47.13% of the total variance. In the frequency of application section, the variance explained 49.12% of the total variance. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was calculated as the level of awareness 0.95 and frequency of application sections 0.96. The time invariance of the scale indicated its high reliability, and the concurrent application validity was determined to be supported. This study prepared measurement tool of 5-point Likert-type consisting of two sections, two sub-scales, and 30 items was developed.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all participants.
Author contributions
Hediye Karakoc, Nebahat Özerdoğan conceptualized the study.
Hediye Karakoc collected the data.
Hediye Karakoc analyzed the data.
Hediye Karakoc, Nebahat Ozerdogan drafted the initial manuscript.
Hediye Karakoc, Nebahat Ozerdogan reviewed the manuscript, approved the final manuscript and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Ethical approval
This is an evaluation as a matter of quality management, it was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the KTO Karatay University (dated 26.12.2017 and numbered 2017/005) and conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.