Open AccessTranslation and validation of the Dutch version of the health professional education in patient safety survey amongst nursing students in Belgium: A psychometric analysis
Author(s) -
Jochen Bergs,
Katrien Peeters,
Isabel Kortleven,
Sarah Creemers,
Dorien Ulenaers,
Melissa Desmedt,
Ward Schrooten
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0247869
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , construct validity , confirmatory factor analysis , patient safety , competence (human resources) , psychometrics , nursing , curriculum , psychological intervention , medicine , psychology , nurse education , educational measurement , medical education , applied psychology , clinical psychology , health care , structural equation modeling , social psychology , pedagogy , statistics , mathematics , economics , economic growth
Objectives Evaluate the psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Health Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey (H-PEPSS Dutch ), an instrument used to assess self-efficacy regarding patient safety competence. Methods The H-PEPSS Dutch was administered to 610 students in two Belgian nursing schools. We used confirmatory factor analysis, for both classroom and clinical learning, to examine the psychometric properties. Results The analysis of construct validity showed a good fit to the hypothesised models. Cronbach’s alpha values ranged from 0.70 to 0.87 for classroom learning and from 0.56 to 0.86 for clinical learning, indicating good reliability. Differentiating between the H-PEPSS constructs in the clinical setting showed to be complicated; hence, discriminant validity was not supported for all dimensions. Conclusions Overall, this provides us with a reliable instrument to measure self-reported patient safety competence among nursing students. Further research is needed to validate the H-PEPSS as a longitudinal monitoring tool and as a pre-and-post measurement on the impact of interventions related to patient safety in the nursing curricula.