TY  - JOUR
TI  - Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of  the Unbearable Psychache Scale
AB  - Background: Suicide is a significant public health issue globally, and psychological pain  (psychache) is one of the principal risk factors for suicide. It is suggested that when psych ache becomes intolerable, suicide attempts are made to get rid of the pain. This study  aims to investigate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Unbearable  Psychache Scale, which assesses psychache quickly. Methods: In this study, we included 136 patients with depression, 45 (33.09%) of whom  had previous suicide attempts, and 120 healthy controls. The participants filled out the  Unbearable Psychache Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Suicidal Ideation Scale, Beck  Hopelessness Scale, Psychache Scale, and Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment  Scale. Results: The Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Suicidal Ideation  Scale, Psychache Scale, Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment Scale, and Unbearable  Psychache Scale mean scores were significantly higher in the patients than healthy con trols (P < .001 for each). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the Unbearable Psychache  Scale was 0.96 in the internal consistency analysis. The item-total score values were  between 0.96 and 0.97. The exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that the Unbearable  Psychache Scale was loaded under 1 factor with an eigenvalue above 1 and explained  89.80% of the total variance. The factor loads were between 0.94 and 0.96. There was a  significant correlation between the Unbearable Psychache Scale and the Beck Depression  Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Suicidal Ideation Scale, Psychache Scale, and  Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment Scale (P < .001 for each). The Unbearable  Psychache Scale differentiated 82% of the patients from the control group and 66.90% of  the patients with suicidal attempts from those without suicide attempts. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the Turkish version of the Unbearable  Psychache Scale was valid and reliable and can be used in depressive patients and healthy  individuals.
AU  - KARAYTUĞ, MAHMUT ONUR
AU  - Demirkol, Mehmet Emin
AU  - Yeşiloğlu, Caner
AU  - namlı, zeynep
AU  - Tamam, Lut
DO  - 10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2022.21604
PY  - 2022
JO  - Alpha psychiatry (Online)
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
SN  - 2757-8038
SP  - 166
EP  - 172
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1112494
ER  -