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Purpose: The purpose is to adjust the scale of the Cancer Information Load to Turkish, to examine its validity and reliability. Method and Method: Methodology is a methodology. The example is that in March-July 2015 a group of 18-49 years of women, registered in a family health center associated with the Central Health Center of Denizli, forms 144 women. The data collection tool has been used as the Women's Indicative Information Form, Breast Cancer Health Faith Model Scale, Cancer Information Load Scale. Language equality and validity are guaranteed. For the validity of the scale, similar scale validity, detection and verifying factor analysis have been used. To evaluate the reliability of the scale, Cronbach alpha and material total score correlation analysis was used. Results: In validity analysis; according to the disclaimer factor analysis findings, the scale’s factor burden is between 0.51-0.67 and the described variance (38.35) is sufficient; in the verifying factor analysis, the Ki quarter’s freedom degree ratio after modification is 2.04. Other conformity indices (RMSEA=0.085, GFI=0.94, AGFI=0.88, CFI=0.95, NFI=0.91, NNFI=0.92) were found at the desired level. The reliability analysis found that the internal consistency ratio (α=0.77) was quite reliable, the scale's total substance correlations varied between 0.38 and 0.52.  The Cancer Information Load Scale is valid and reliable and can be used in the Turkish community.

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Purpose: The aim is to adapt the Cancer Information Overload Scale to Turkish and to establish its validity and reliability. Material and Methods: The study is a methodological one. The sample consists of 144 women aged between 18-49 registered to a family health center between March-July 2015. The center is affiliated to the Denizli Provincial Health Center. The data were collected using the sociodemographic characteristics questionnaire, Cancer Information Overload, Scale Breast Cancer Health Belief Model. Language equivalence and content validity of the scale were established. Concurrent validity, Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used to estimate the validity of the scale.  Cronbach alpha and item-total correlations were measured to evaluate the reliability of the scale Results: In the exploratory factor analysis, the factor loadings were between 0.51-0.67, and the explained variance (38.35%) was considered sufficient. In the confirmatory factor analysis, the ratio of the post-modification of the chi square to the degrees of freedom was 2.04. Other compliance indices (RMSEA=0.085, GFI=0.94, AGFI=0.88, CFI=0.95, NFI=0.91, NNFI=0.92) were found to be at the desired level. In the reliability analysis, the internal consistency coefficient was α=0.77, which suggested that the scale was quite reliable, the item-total correlations of the scale varied between 0.38-0.52.   Conclusion: It was determined that the validity and reliability of the Cancer Information Overload Scale was established and it could be used in the Turkish society.

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