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Professional quality of life: A cross‐sectional survey among C hinese clinical nurses
Author(s) -
Shen Jie,
Yu Hairong,
Zhang Yuanyuan,
Jiang Anli
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12228
Subject(s) - exploratory factor analysis , confirmatory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , cross sectional study , multivariate analysis , nursing , medicine , psychometrics , clinical psychology , structural equation modeling , statistics , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , pathology , quantum mechanics
The P rofessional Q uality of L ife S cale was adapted to create a C hinese version to investigate the professional quality of life of C hinese nurses and possible risk factors. A cross‐sectional survey was conducted among 752 nurses sampled from four general hospitals in S hanghai, C hina. An expert panel, cognitive review, and pretest were used to ensure cultural adaptability. Psychometric tests included reliability and validity. One‐way and multivariate analysis of variance were conducted for statistical analysis. Content validity indexes of all items were over 0.90. Five items were excluded because their item‐total correlations and factor loading of exploratory factor analysis were less than 0.3. The 25‐item scale revealed acceptable reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis supported its structure. There was variation in the scores between different departments, religions, working positions, nursing experiences, forms of employment, and average working hours (all P < 0.05). This study extended the application of the original scale in C hinese nursing culture. Attention should be paid to risk factors and differences between E ast and W est.