Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Skin-to-Skin Contact Scale for nurses.

IF 2.1 4区医学 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI:10.1111/jep.14185

Ilknur Bektas, Gülçin Özalp Gerçeker, Murat Bektas

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Abstract

Rationale: Skin-to-skin contact is the practice with the highest level of evidence that increases the growth, development, and healing rate of the newborn. Neonatal nurses are also the best practitioners of skin-to-skin contact.

Aims: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Skin-to-Skin Contact Scale for nurses.

Methods: This descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional study was carried out with 226 neonatal and pediatric nurses between July 2022 and July 2023. The data were collected using an online questionnaire, including a descriptive information form and a skin-to-skin contact scale for nurses. Data were analyzed by explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and item-total score analysis.

Results: It was determined that the scale consisted of 20 items and four sub-dimensions and that those four sub-dimensions explained 53.01% of the total variance. All factor loads were higher than 0.30 in the explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses. All the fit indices were higher than 0.80, and the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) was less than 0.080 in the confirmatory factor analysis. Cronbach's alpha was determined to be 0.89 for the total scale and greater than 0.70 for all sub-dimensions.

Conclusions: The Skin-to-Skin Contact Scale for nurses was determined to be a valid and reliable measurement tool for Turkish nurses. It is recommended that the scale be used regularly in clinics to determine nurses' attitudes towards skin-to-skin contact.

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评估土耳其版护士皮肤接触量表的心理测量特性。

理论依据：肌肤接触是一种证据确凿的做法，可提高新生儿的生长、发育和治愈率。目的：本研究探讨了土耳其版护士皮肤接触量表的心理测量特性：这项描述性、相关性和横断面研究在 2022 年 7 月至 2023 年 7 月期间对 226 名新生儿和儿科护士进行了调查。数据通过在线问卷收集，包括描述性信息表和护士皮肤接触量表。通过解释性和确认性因子分析、克朗巴赫α和项目-总分分析对数据进行了分析：结果：量表由 20 个项目和 4 个子维度组成，这 4 个子维度解释了 53.01% 的总方差。在解释性和确认性因子分析中，所有因子载荷均大于 0.30。所有拟合指数均高于 0.80，在确认性因子分析中，近似均方根误差（RMSEA）小于 0.080。总量表的 Cronbach's alpha 值为 0.89，所有子维度的 Cronbach's alpha 值均大于 0.70：护士皮肤接触量表被确定为适用于土耳其护士的有效、可靠的测量工具。建议在诊所中定期使用该量表来确定护士对皮肤接触的态度。

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Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

4.20%

发文量

143

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice aims to promote the evaluation and development of clinical practice across medicine, nursing and the allied health professions. All aspects of health services research and public health policy analysis and debate are of interest to the Journal whether studied from a population-based or individual patient-centred perspective. Of particular interest to the Journal are submissions on all aspects of clinical effectiveness and efficiency including evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guidelines, clinical decision making, clinical services organisation, implementation and delivery, health economic evaluation, health process and outcome measurement and new or improved methods (conceptual and statistical) for systematic inquiry into clinical practice. Papers may take a classical quantitative or qualitative approach to investigation (or may utilise both techniques) or may take the form of learned essays, structured/systematic reviews and critiques.