Improvement of anxiety resources scale of school-age children with oncological disease under condition of illness and hospitalization

Abstract

Objective: This methodological study was aimed to improve “Anxiety Resources Scale” (ARS) of school-age children with oncological disease under condition of illness and hospitalization. Material and Methods: After obtaining prior written approval, the study was conducted in Gaziantep Kocatepe Primary School (GKPS) and Gaziantep University Oncology Hospital (GUOH) between May and September in 2007. The sample of study was selected by using simple random sampling technique from GKPS and GUOH. Totally 300 which school age children composed of; 80 healthy children sketchiness scale-test-again for, 30 out-patients, 30 hospitalized patients and 160 healthy children joined the study. Results: The reliability and validity coefficient of “Anxiety Resources Scale of school-age children with oncological disease under condition of illness and hospitalization” was calculated as 0.92. The analysis revealed that factors explained 52, 7% of the variance. Results were evaluated with a significance level of p<0.05 and confident interval of 95%. Conclusion: The findings obtained via investigation revealed that the scale of anxiety resources of the school age children with oncological diseases requiring hospitalization is valid and confidential, so it could be used for such purposes