Adherence to hemophilia patients with prophylaxis: Veritas-Pro and psychometric properties adapted to Turkish.

ABSTRACT: The Validated Hemophilia Regimen Treatment Adherence Scale-Prophylaxis (VERITAS-Pro) assesses adherence to prophylaxis treatment recommendations in hemophilia patients. This study aimed to adapt the VERITAS-Pro into Turkish and evaluate its reliability and validity. The research design used is a psychometric study. A convenience sample of 102 patients with hemophilia A or B was followed by the Aegean Adult Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center. The VERITAS-Pro was adapted to Turkish in six steps, including forward- and back-translation, committee review, and reliability and validity analysis. Based on the confirmatory factor analysis, modification indices suggested discrepancies amongst items, which were improved upon the removal of items 11 and 15. Findings from this alternative model are: χ2/

SUBMITTER: Mehrekula Demirci Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10411756 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature