parisa paran; Masood Azarbayejani; Ali Delavar
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop and normalizing a Existing Beliefs Scale Is Based on the Holy Quran (With Emphasis on Vews of Allameh Tabatabai) for pationts with MS. The population in this study were included of all MS patients covered by social security insurance and were referred to pharmacies ...
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The purpose of this study was to develop and normalizing a Existing Beliefs Scale Is Based on the Holy Quran (With Emphasis on Vews of Allameh Tabatabai) for pationts with MS. The population in this study were included of all MS patients covered by social security insurance and were referred to pharmacies such as 13 Aban, 29 Farvardin, Shahid Kazemi and Red cross and from which the patients of the 13 Aban pharmacy were selected randomly in this study. The sample were consisted of 150 patients . The first version had 39 items, and the primary analysis with face and content validity on 30 children, (Cronbach’s Alpha = .97), and correlation of the items with the total score revealed that the scale is acceptable with 39 items for the general population. Then, with omitting 2 items due to low correlation, the reliability of the scale (Cronbach’s Alpha = .77) was approved. Utilizing an exploratory factor analysis, construct validity showed KMO was .687, and Bartlett's Test of Sphericity was significant (P < 0.01). Furthermore, an expletory factor analysis and Varimax rotation were performed, and primary factors with factor-load bigger than 0.3 were maintained. Then, complex items were omitted and finally 28 items and 50 options remained in form of 4 subscales (1. Being in significant world, 2. Faith and truth, 3. self-awareness and responsibility, 4. forgiveness and love to others). Reliability and internal consistency of the scales with 25 items was approved (Cronbach’s Alpha = .70). Pearson correlation analysis manifested a significant relationship between the subscales and the total scale (P < .01). Finally, standardized and normalized scores were computed. The results showed that the Existing Beliefs questionnaire has Usability as a reliable and standardized tool for Research and clinical status.
