[The validity and reliability study of MBPI (Multidimensional Blood/Injury Phobia Inventory)].

OBJECTIVE This study aims to translate the 40-item MBPI (Multidimensional Blood/Injury Phobia Inventory) into Turkish and examination the reliability and validity figures of this scale. METHOD Trained interviewers assessed 477 factory workers using a battery of self-report measures including demographic information and MBPI that had been translated into Turkish by the study team. 61 of the 477 were also interviewed face-to-face by the investigator using the anxiety disorders/phobias sections of the CIDI (Composite International Diagnostic Interview). RESULTS MBPI had high internal consistency value (Cronbach alpha= 0.94). Validity studies showed scales successfully discriminated patient groups from healthy controls. Factor analysis of MBPI resulted in five factors; the factor contents were very similar to the original scale. CONCLUSION Our study has demonstrated the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of MBPI.