Back to school readiness scale for children with oncological problems: 7–18 years of age

Childhood cancers are one of the important health problems in both developed and underdeveloped countries. The cancer treatment process is a difficult period that can last for months or years, interrupt school activities for a while, or even cause them to leave completely, and require long-term hospitalization. This study was carried out to develop the Back to School Readiness Scale for Children with Oncological Problems: 7–18 years of age, and to establish its validity and reliability. The research is a methodological study and the validity and reliability study of a developed scale was conducted. Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) value was determined as 0.951. As a result of Bartlett's test analysis, Chi-Square value is 6261.566, degree of freedom is 703 and the value found is significant (p = 0.00, p