%0 Journal Article %T Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Offspring Cancer Needs Instrument (OCNI) %J Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention %I West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. %Z 1513-7368 %A Ghofrani, Marjan %A Nikfarid, Lida %A Nourian, Manijheh %A Nasiri, Maliheh %A Sayaddinia, Mahindokhat %D 2018 %\ 06/01/2018 %V 19 %N 6 %P 1621-1626 %! Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Offspring Cancer Needs Instrument (OCNI) %K Psychometrics %K cancer %K Adolescent %K Parents %K young adult %R 10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.6.1621 %X Aim: The offspring cancer needs instrument (OCNI) was developed specifically for assessing unmet psychosocialneeds of adolescents and young adults who have a parent with cancer. The aim of this study is to examine thepsychometric properties of the Persian version of this instrument. Methods: For this methodological study, translationof OCNI into Persian was conducted using translation and back-translation and revision in line with the developerof the instrument. Then, face and content validity, construct validity, internal consistency and stability of the Persianversion of the instrument were examined with a population of 188 adolescents and young people having a parent withcancer in five hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16 and LISREL 8.5. Results: The finalPersian version of the instrument demonstrated face and content validity proven by expert and participant reviews.Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed construct validity of the instrument and its seven subscales. Cronbach’s alphawas 0.96 for the total instrument and 0.76-0.93 for its seven subscales. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)calculated to evaluate the test-retest reliability, was 0.83. Conclusions: The Persian version of OCNI has acceptablepsychometric properties. It can be used for measuring psychosocial unmet needs in adolescents and young adults inPersian language populations who have a parent with cancer %U https://journal.waocp.org/article_62680_11fc471289b477e21ade8fbd8b537bff.pdf