Open AccessDevelopment and psychometric evaluation of a quality nursing care scale from nurses’ perspective
Author(s) -
Liu Ying,
Aungsuroch Yupin,
Gunawan Joko,
Sha Liyan,
Shi Tieying
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.816
Subject(s) - exploratory factor analysis , confirmatory factor analysis , construct validity , scale (ratio) , context (archaeology) , nursing , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , content validity , variance (accounting) , quality (philosophy) , perspective (graphical) , applied psychology , psychometrics , medicine , clinical psychology , structural equation modeling , computer science , paleontology , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , accounting , epistemology , quantum mechanics , machine learning , artificial intelligence , business , biology
Aim To develop and evaluate psychometric property of quality nursing care scale (QNCS) from nurses’ perspective in the Chinese context. Design A cross‐sectional survey design. Methods This study was conducted in two phases. In Phase I, literature review and interviews were conducted to develop the items. In Phase II, content validity was evaluated by five experts. Construct validity was tested through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) among 302 nurses and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) among 510 nurses from October 2014 to January 2015. Additionally, internal consistency reliability was tested. Results The EFA extracted six factors including staff characteristics, task‐oriented activities, human‐oriented activities, physical environment, patient outcomes and precondition. All six factors accounted for 74.78% of the total variance to explain quality nursing care. The modified measurement model of the final version of QNCS was supported by the CFA with 48 items in six dimensions. The internal consistency reliability of final QNCS was acceptable.