The Reliability and Validity of The Bristol Tongue Assessment Tool in The Turkish Language

Purpose: The tongue tie is a congenital oral abnormality that causes the change in the appearance and function of the tongue. Breastfeeding problems are common with tongue-tie babies. The study was planned aim of the to increase the awareness of health workers about “tongue tie” and to make Turkish language validity and reliability the Bristol Tongue Assessment Tool (BTAT) as a diagnostic tool. Method: The study was conducted August 2018- January 2019 in a private hospital in Konya with 129 mother-baby couples. Data were collected by Introductory Information Form prepared by the researchers, BTAT Turkish version and the LATCH Breastfeeding Assessment Tool. Results: The draft scale was examined by 8 experts for content validity. Content Validity Index (CVI) value of all four substances on the scale is higher than 0.80, the total scale value was determined to be 0.94. The Kaiser-Meyer Olkin (KMO) coefficient of the scale is 0.70 and the Barlett test was statistically significant (χ2=128.953, df=6, p=0,000). BTAT explained 55.28% of the total variance. The Cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.72 and the scale was found to be reliable. In the study was determined that there was a positive and significant relationship between the substance scores and the scale total score (r=0.42 and 0.78) and the item total score of the scale was found to be high reliability. There isn’t significant relationship between BTAT and LATCH. Conclusion and Suggestions: