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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Quantitative Psychology and Measurement
Volume 16 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1535140
Cross-cultural Adaptation, Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Stroke Exercise Preference Inventory (SEPI)
Provisionally accepted
Halime ARIKAN 1*
Meral Sertel 2- 1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Türkiye
- 2 Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Bursa, Türkiye
Introduction: While studies on version adaptation, validity, and reliability are common, no tools exist in Turkish literature to assess exercise preferences in stroke patients. This research aimed to translate the Stroke Exercise Preference Inventory (SEPI) into Turkish and evaluate its validity and reliability in stroke patients. Methods: Ninety stroke patients completed the SEPI, Exercise Benefits/ Barriers Scale (EBBS), Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-2), Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale (SSQoLS), and Frenchay Activities Index (FAI). The SEPI was translated into Turkish using a standard forward-backward translation process. Psychometric properties such as structural and construct validity, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency were assessed. Results: Reliability analysis demonstrated high internal consistency for SEPI-13, with Cronbach's α values of 0.931. Validity testing revealed a 3-factor structure for SEPI-13, explaining 69.029% of total variance. CFA confirmed the model with acceptable fit indices. Construct validity showed good correlations with EBBS (r= -0.771; p< 0.001) and BREQ-2 (r= from -0.541 to 0.732; p< 0.001) for convergent validity, while divergent validity was supported by weak correlations with SSQoLS (r= 0.165; p= 0.120) and FAI (r= 0.137; p= 0.197). No floor or ceiling effects were observed for SEPI-13.
Keywords: validity, Reliability, Stroke, Stroke Exercise Preference Inventory, Turkish version
Received: 27 Nov 2024; Accepted: 31 Jan 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Halime ARIKAN, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Türkiye
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