Objective: This study aims to culturally adapt the 'Motivation and Attitudes Towards Changing Health (MATCH)' scale into Turkish and assess its reliability and validity within the Turkish population.
Methods: The Turkish version of the MATCH questionnaire, designed to gauge patient motivation for initiating or sustaining behaviour changes, was created through translation and adaptation. A total of 305 patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses completed the questionnaire and scale to evaluate its validity and reliability.
Results: The Turkish version of MATCH demonstrated strong internal consistency and reliability. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the entire scale was 0.737, with subdimensions ranging between 0.69 and 0.75. Notably, no item displayed a total correlation value below 0.40. Furthermore, test-retest analysis indicated high intraclass correlation coefficients. Consequently, no items were removed due to their consistently high reliability values among all nine items.
Conclusion: The Turkish-adapted MATCH scale proves to be a valid and reliable instrument for assessing motivational status within the Turkish population.
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