Cultural adaptation, Reliability and Validity of the Turkish version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13)

The aim is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey. This study is a methodological study. The survey was applied to 242 patients aging 74 or more. To collect data, the socio-demographic form, the Vulnerable Elder Survey, the Katz Activity of Daily Life and the Lawton&Brody Instrumental Activity of Daily Life surveys were used. The research data were collected with a socio-demographic and clinical properties of the elderly patients and with the Vulnerable Elders Survey-Turkish Version (VES-13Tr). For the analysis of the data, Kendall's coefficient of concordance, factor analysis, Cronbach alpha coefficient, Pearson correlation analysis and student t test were used. For the language validity of the scale, the translation-retranslation method was used. As for the content validity, the field experts reached consensus (Kendall’s = 0.435, p > 0.05). Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) coefficient that applied to the scale has found to be 0.898 and the Barlet test result has been found highly significant (x2 = 1589.773, p = 0.000). For VES-13Tr, the total-item test correlation values range from 0.33 to 0.72 and the Cronbach's alpha value has been calculated as 0.85. Considering the results of the survey, it was found out that the adapted version of the VES-13 could be valid and reliable tool and that the VES-13 could be used for the evaluation of geriatric assessment.