Reliability and validity assessment of the Turkish version of the emotional availability and responsiveness in intrapartum care scale (ear-ic)

Yıldırım Varışoǧlu, Yeliz; Irmak Vural, Pınar

Reliability and validity assessment of the Turkish version of the emotional availability and responsiveness in intrapartum care scale (ear-ic)

dc.contributor.author	Yıldırım Varışoǧlu, Yeliz
dc.contributor.author	Irmak Vural, Pınar
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-09T09:14:30Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-09T09:14:30Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.department	İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü
dc.description.abstract	Background: Emotional availability and responsiveness in intrapartum care increase women's birth satisfaction, comfort, and quality of nursing/midwifery care. In Turkey, there is no instrument for measuring emotional availability and responsiveness in intrapartum care. Aim: An established translation, reliability, and validation approach was used to obtain the Turkish form of the A-EAR-IC scale. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was used. This study was conducted in Istanbul, Turkey. The study sample consisted of 132 Turkish midwives working in the birth room. The construct validity of the scale was tested using confirmatory factor analysis, whereas the concurrent scale validity was tested using the Emotional Labor Behavior Scale. Internal consistency analysis was performed to test the reliability of the scale. Results: The results of the EAR-IC measure showed that it fit the one-factor model. The goodness-of-fit indices of the one-factor model containing eight items were acceptable. The instrument showed satisfactory content validity (I-CVI =0.80-1.00, S-CVI =0.88). According to CFA, the structure with one factor showed acceptable model fit ( χ2/df: 1.74, CFI: 0.96, IFI: 0.96, RMSEA: 0.07, and SRMR: 0.02). Concurrent validity of the instrument was assessed with the "in-depth behavior"subscale of the Emotional Labor Behavior Scale for Nursing. Spearman's correlations revealed that the EAR-IC was moderately positively correlated with the in-depth behavior concern subscale of the ELBS (rho =0.62, P < 0.001). Conclusion: The Turkish version of the EAR-IC is a suitable, effective, and reliable instrument for measuring the emotional aspects of intrapartum caregiving midwives.
dc.identifier.citation	Yıldırım Varışoǧlu, Y. ve Irmak Vural, P. (2024). Reliability and validity assessment of the Turkish version of the emotional availability and responsiveness in intrapartum care scale (ear-ic). Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 27(9), 1057-1064. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_831_23
dc.identifier.doi	10.4103/njcp.njcp_831_23
dc.identifier.endpage	1064
dc.identifier.issn	1119-3077
dc.identifier.issn	2229-7731
dc.identifier.issue	9
dc.identifier.pmid	39348325
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-85205446624
dc.identifier.scopusquality	Q3
dc.identifier.startpage	1057
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_831_23
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/13007
dc.identifier.volume	27
dc.identifier.wos	WOS:001325199600004
dc.identifier.wosquality	Q3
dc.indekslendigikaynak	Web of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynak	Scopus
dc.indekslendigikaynak	PubMed
dc.institutionauthor	Irmak Vural, Pınar
dc.institutionauthorid	0000-0002-8070-2840
dc.language.iso	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
dc.relation.publicationcategory	Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
dc.subject	Emotional Adjustment
dc.subject	Empathy
dc.subject	Midwifery
dc.subject	Obstetric Nursing
dc.subject	Reliability and Validity
dc.title	Reliability and validity assessment of the Turkish version of the emotional availability and responsiveness in intrapartum care scale (ear-ic)
dc.type	Article