2Department of Psychology, Istanbul University, Istanbul-Turkey DOI : 10.5505/tjo.2018.1759 OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to conduct the Turkish adaptation and to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the "Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory (FCRI)."
A total of 219 mixed-type cancer survivors with a mean age of 50.76 years participated in the study (79.9% women). They were asked to complete the Impact of Events Scale (IES) and Patient Health Questionnaire- Somatic, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms (PHQ-SADS) along with the translated version of FCRI.
RESULTS
By exploratory factor analysis and oblique rotation, the number of factors of the original scale decreased
from 7 to 5 and three of them have been renamed ("recurrence-related meta-cognitions," "emotion-focused
coping strategies," and "quality of life"). The overall Cronbach"s alpha coefficient of FCRI was 0.94,
and the item-total correlations ranged between 0.37 and 0.75. With respect to concurrent validity, except
for the "avoidance" subscale of IES, significant correlations (r=0.13?0.70; all p<0.01) were found between
FCRI factors and the total scores and subscales of other measures, similar to those in the original scale.
CONCLUSION
The Turkish version of FCRI has satisfactory psychometric properties, and it is eligible for use in studies
in Turkey.