Turkish Version of Oral Self-Examination (OSE) Form: Validity and Reliability Study

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to test the validity and reliability of oral self-examination form according to adaptation it Turkish. METHODS: Methodological research was conducted in December 2019-January 2020 in Izmir. Steps of oral self-examination developed by Müller &Heller (2013) were adapted to Turkish. Oral self-examination includes simple eight steps. Language adaption, content validity index, factor analysis, Kendall's W coefficient of concordance test, Kuder Richardson 21 and pilot study were carried out. RESULTS: The content validity index was found 0,97. After the analysis, Kendall W was found 0,88 (p = 0,519). The total variance explained by the single factor is 71.24%. Kuder Richardson 21 value of the form was calculated as 0.94. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Oral self-examination form is an early diagnostic tool for early diagnosis of oral cancer, valid and reliable tool. The form consists of one dimension and eight steps.