The validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the"parental satisfaction with caregiving for children withdevelopmental disabilities" scale

Abstract

Aim: Parents of children with special needs face many difficulties. Additional support may be required for parents who are notsatisfied with their disabled child's care. This study aimed to develop the Turkish validity and reliability study of "parental satisfactionwith caregiving for children with developmental disabilities", which is evaluated the satisfaction of the parent who gives the carechild with a special need.Materials and Methods: This study included one hundred forty-seven parents, who gave care of children with intellectual disabilityand autism spectrum disorder. Detailed information gave to participants and their informed consent was obtained. Student t, Mann Whitney U, Anova and Kruskal Wallis tests were used for statistical evaluation. Results: The coefficient of Cronbach Alpha was 0.848 and that had a high degree of reliability. The coefficient of Cronbach Alpha ofthe satisfaction with the child was 0.812 and personal satisfaction was 0.784. In the analysis, KMO value was 0.795; Bartlett's valuewas also determined as 580.692, which was found statistically significant (p