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Title : Validity and reliability testing of developed arabic version of physical therapists’ job satisfaction questionnaire
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Background: Job satisfaction affects the productivity and the happiness of people who perform the work. Measuring job satisfaction is vital in health professions. Job satisfaction of physical therapists in Egypt was never measured and there is no available tool to measure it. Purpose: This study was conducted to provide Arabic physical therapists with a valid and reliable Arabic physical therapists’ job satisfaction questionnaire for physical therapists. Methods: Subjects: 280 physical therapists (30 shared in the pilot test and 250 shared in the final testing of the questionnaire) recruited from Public Hospitals, Insurance Hospitals, University Hospitals and National Educational Institutions. The Arabic version of physical therapists’ job satisfaction questionnaire was constructed and tested through six steps. Procedures were: 1- Drafting, 2-Expert review, 3- First revision, 4- Pilot test, 5- Final revision, 6-Further testing of the final version of the questionnaire ]1- face and 2- content validity were investigated (face and content validity based on interviews with 30 physical therapists and expert reviews). internal consistency and 4- test-retest reliability were measured[. Results: the questionnaire has both 1- face and 2- content validity. The intra-class correlation (ICC) for test- retest reliability was excellent (0.91). The internal consistency for the questionnaire was demonstrated using cronbach’s alpha. Cronbach alpha was excellent (0.91). Conclusion: The constructed Arabic physical therapists’ job satisfaction questionnaire is valid and reliable measurement for job satisfaction of physical therapists. It has face and content validity. It also has excellent test re-test reliability and internal consistency