Background Taste alteration is one of the most common and frequently ignored side effects
of chemotherapy. Aims Our aim was to develop the Taste Alteration Scale for Children with
Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy (TAS-CrC). Methods This study is a descriptive and cross-
sectional type. The study was conducted between May and September 2016 at the child
haematology clinics and outpatient clinics of six hospitals. A total of 165 children with cancer
who were followed in the clinics and outpatient clinics of the mentioned hospitals between …

Bilsin and Bal Yılmaz (2018) have spent considerable time and effort in developing and
trialling an instrument that can measure alteration in taste in children with cancer. The
science behind this process is well established (Bernstein, 1978; Davies and Tuleu, 2008;
Harris, 2008). The authors of the reviewed study have rigorously demonstrated its validity
and reliability; however, the claim that Cronbach's alpha is a measure of reliability should
remain a contested space (Sijtsma, 2009). Development of this instrument raises the …