Disablement in the physically active scale‑TR short form‑10: Turkish adaptation study

Abstract

Introduction: The absence of a scale adapted to Turkish to determine the level of insufficiency in the physical activities of athletes sometimes causes difficulties in our clinical practices. Our study aims to adapt the Short Form‑10 (SF‑10) of the Disablement in the Physically Active Scale (DPA) to Turkish. Materials and Methods: Athletes who are healthy or have any musculoskeletal injuries participated in the study. DPA‑TR SF‑10, which consists of ten items, and the SF‑12 scale used in the analysis of concurrent validity were applied to 106 athletes. Results: As a result of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), no item was required to be removed from the scale. A high level of correlation was found between DPA‑TR SF‑10 and physical component summary sub‑score of the SF‑12 scale (r = 0.61; p< 0.01). The reliability coefficient obtained as a result of the reliability analysis was estimated to be 0.91. All items in the scale were determined to be distinctive. In order to facilitate the calculation of the DPA‑TR SF‑10 score, the sum of the answers given to the 5‑point Likert Scale was evaluated. Thus, the lowest score of the DPA‑TR SF‑10 is 10, and 50 is the highest score. Conclusion: DPA‑TR SF‑10 has been provided in Turkish to evaluate physically active individuals/athletes as a valid and reliable measurement tool.