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The Patient Learning Needs Scale: reliability and validity
Author(s) -
Bubela Natalie,
Galloway Susan,
McCay Elizabeth,
McKibbon Ann,
Nagle Lynn,
Pringle Dorothy,
Ross Eleanor,
Shamian Judith
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01711.x
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , scale (ratio) , feeling , reliability (semiconductor) , psychometrics , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , clinical psychology , psychology , perception , nursing , social psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
The article describes the development and initial psychometric evaluation of an instrument to measure patients’ perceptions of learning needs at time of discharge from hospital to home Evaluation of the Patient Learning Needs Scale was based on responses of 301 adults hospitalized with a medical or surgical illness Factor analysis isolated seven subscales medications, activities of living, feelings related to condition, community and follow‐up, treatment and complications, enhancing quality of life and skin care These seven factors accounted for 56 1% of the variance Cronbach's alpha for the 50‐item scale was 0 95