The cultural adaptation and validation of a Turkish version of the satisfaction with appearance scale (SWAP-TR)

The aim of this study was to translate, culturally adapt and validate the Satisfaction with Appearance Scale (SWAP) into Turkish to be used in the context of pediatric burn care. This methodological study was conducted in two stages as Language Adaptation and Psychometric study. In the first stage, the Turkish scale was obtained after expert translations. A pilot study was conducted. After back-translation, and the scale was finalized. In the second stage, the scale was administered to 145 children with burns. Body Appreciation Scale for Children (BASC) was applied to the same group for correlation analysis with the scale. A structure explaining 65.98 % of the total variance was obtained. Cronbach's alpha values in the range of 0.995–1000 were quite reliable. A statistically significant correlation was determined between the test and retest applications for all the items (0.99–1.00) in the positive direction (p