Validation And Turkish Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q) Tool
Validation And Turkish Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q) Tool
The general treatment expectations of patients play a significant role in determining the outcomes of the different treatments they undergo. When it comes to physiotherapy programs, these expectations act as non-specific treatment components, capable of triggering subjective psychological changes and eliciting mechanisms that resemble placebo effects. When theory-based, multidimensional measurement tools that evaluate patients' expectations from various treatments are examined, the Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q) questionnaire stands out. The aim of this study is to ensure the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of this form, which can be answered by every patient receiving various treatments, as an objective alternative and to be included among other treatment expectancy measurement tools.
This study includes the translation of the form after obtaining the relevant permissions, examining the internal consistency of the Turkish version, explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis, convergent validity and test-retest reliability processes.
The Turkish version of TEX-Q was applied to 200 patients who applied to the clinic for physiotherapy in the examination of internal consistency and exploratory factor analysis of the questionnaire. For convergent validity, 46 independent participants answered the Turkish version of the TEX-Q, the Positivity Scale, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The test-retest reliability within a 2-weeks interval was analysed in 63 of patients seeking physiotherapy program.
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