Turkish teachers’ self-efficacy to manage food allergy and anaphylaxis: A psychometric testing study

Meryem Öztürk; Seyda Ozbicakci; G. Karadağ

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Turkish teachers’ self-efficacy to manage food allergy and anaphylaxis: A psychometric testing study

M. Ozturk Haney ^[1] ; S. Ozbıcakcı ^[1] ; G. Karadağ ^[1]
1. [1] Dokuz Eylül University
  
  Dokuz Eylül University
  
  Turquía
Localización: Allergologia et immunopathologia: International journal for clinical and investigate allergology and clinical immunology, ISSN-e 1578-1267, ISSN 0301-0546, Vol. 47, Nº. 6, 2019, págs. 558-563
Idioma: inglés
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- Introduction and objectives Food allergy in school children ranges between 5.7 and 6.4% in Turkey. Studies emphasize the importance of improving school personnel's self-efficacy in managing food allergy and anaphylaxis. However, a brief and valid measurement tool for school personnel is not available in Turkey. The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the School Personnel's Self-efficacy in Managing Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis (SPSMFAA-T) scale with teachers.
  
  Patients or materials and methods This methodological study was conducted by 282 primary school teachers. Data were collected with a demographic characteristics form and SPSMFAA-T. The psychometric properties of the SPSMFAA-T were evaluated by content, discriminant, construct validity and internal consistency.
  
  Results Cronbach's alpha for the scale was 0.91 and item-total correlations were between 0.50 and 0.82 (p<0.001). The discriminant validity suggested that the scale successfully discriminated the teachers who had training on food allergy and anaphylaxis from the teachers who did not. The model fit indices of scale were determined to be the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) at 0.08, goodness of fit index (GFI) at 0.96, comparative fit index (CFI) at 0.99.
  
  Conclusions The results supported that the SPSMFAA-T was a valid and reliable measurement tool to assess Turkish teachers’ self-efficacy levels to manage food allergy and anaphylaxis in school setting. The scale can be used in education programs to improve school personnel's skills to manage food allergy and anaphylaxis.