Wyona M Freysteinson, Paul Yeatts, Becky Keele, Harriet Omondi
{"title":"Validation of the Mirror Image Comfort and Avoidance Scale in a General Population.","authors":"Wyona M Freysteinson, Paul Yeatts, Becky Keele, Harriet Omondi","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2023-0090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Mirror viewing is a central concept in body image, as many feelings and thoughts about one's body originate in the mirror. The Mirror Image Comfort and Avoidance Scale (MICAS) is a self-reported instrument to assess the experiential aspects of mirror viewing. The development of this instrument is grounded in the nursing mid-range Neurocognitive Mirror Comfort and Avoidance theory. This study aimed to validate the MICAS in a general population, explore its subscales, and note demographic differences. <b>Methods:</b> Waltz, Strickland, and Lenz's instrument validation framework guided the process. A survey website was used to recruit adult participants (<i>n</i> = 205). Convergent validation was established by assessing the relationships between mirror comfort and avoidance scores and measures of anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, and body appreciation. <b>Results:</b> Validity was obtained, and the subscales were reliable. Cronbach's α score was satisfactory for comfort at .90 and avoidance at .92. Significant associations were found between mirror comfort and avoidance and all psychological variables, indicating that mirror comfort and avoidance play a role in body image and overall well-being. <b>Conclusions:</b> MICAS is a nurse-developed instrument designed for research purposes to enhance our understanding of mirror viewing and formulate supportive nursing interventions to improve the mirror viewing experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140305976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Victoria Pérez, Pablo de Lorena, Esther Domínguez, Carmen Hermosilla, María José Nuñez, Carmen Sarabia-Cobo
{"title":"Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Scale of the Nursing Work Index With Nurses From Seven Countries.","authors":"Victoria Pérez, Pablo de Lorena, Esther Domínguez, Carmen Hermosilla, María José Nuñez, Carmen Sarabia-Cobo","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0086","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0086","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> The aims of this study are as follows: to adapt and validate the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) adapted to the nursing home environment across seven Spanish-speaking countries and to cross-culturally adapt the Scale of the Nursing Work Index with nurses from seven countries. <b>Methods:</b> Adaptation process and psychometric validation of the instrument included translation and back-translation, content validity, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and construct validity. <b>Results:</b> A total of 134 nursing homes belonging to the same religious order were randomly selected from seven Spanish-speaking countries with a sample of 378 nurses. The exploratory factor analysis explained a five-factor structure (56% of the explained variance) with adequate goodness-of-fit indices in the final factor solution. <b>Conclusions:</b> The validation process indicates that the Spanish language version of the PES-NWI with five factors and 31 items, for long-term care facilities for the elderly, is valid and reliable in its current version and can be used to measure the environment of nurses working in clinical practice in Spanish-speaking nursing homes.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monica Maria Schwartz, Brita Solveig Pukstad, Britt Karin Utvær, Gørill Haugan, Tone Marte Ljosaa
{"title":"Translation, Cultural Adaption, and Linguistic Validation of the Norwegian Wound-QoL Questionnaire.","authors":"Monica Maria Schwartz, Brita Solveig Pukstad, Britt Karin Utvær, Gørill Haugan, Tone Marte Ljosaa","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0029","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> A sound translation is complex but necessary to provide a valid patient-reported questionnaire. The aim of this study was therefore to translate, culturally adapt, and linguistically validate the 17-item Wound-Quality of Life (Wound-QoL) questionnaire from English to Norwegian. <b>Methods:</b> For translation and cultural adaption of the Wound-QoL, we followed the methods described by the ISPOR-The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (formerly, the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research), Messaging Application Programming Interface Research Institute, and recommendations from literature reviews. <b>Results:</b> Differences in the language semantics and syntax caused challenges in the translation. The cognitive debriefing interviews revealed some irrelevant items related to personal preferences. <b>Conclusions:</b> This study provides a questionnaire that can improve the quality of clinical care and promote research and valuable knowledge to other researchers translating the Wound-QoL and similar questionnaires.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hamid Sharif-Nia, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami, Hasan Mosazadeh, Azar Jafari-Koulaee, Amir Hossein Goudarzian
{"title":"Farsi Version of the Body Image Concern Inventory in Iranian Hemodialysis Patients: Validity and Reliability.","authors":"Hamid Sharif-Nia, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami, Hasan Mosazadeh, Azar Jafari-Koulaee, Amir Hossein Goudarzian","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0036","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Patients on hemodialysis often struggle with their body image. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the body image concern questionnaire for the first time in hemodialysis patients in Iran. <b>Methods:</b> In this cross-sectional study, 400 hemodialysis patients from Iran were assessed using the Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI). By using exploratory factor analysis (EFA; with Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis and Promax Rotation) and confirmatory factor analysis, the construct validity of BICI was assessed. To check for internal consistency, the average interitem correlation, Cronbach's alpha, and McDonald's omega coefficients were used. Stability was assessed with intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). <b>Results:</b> The participants' average age was 53.2 (<i>SD</i> = 13.2) years, and more than half of them were women (54.60%). Four factors extracted from exploratory factor analysis (EFA) show that the total cumulative variance explained by these factors was 44.46% of the total variance. Item factor loadings varied between 0.415 and 0.970. Internal consistency coefficients were considered acceptable (>0.7). Also, stability was evaluated as good (ICC = .839). <b>Conclusions:</b> The Farsi version of the BICI scale as a self-report measure of concerns about dysmorphic appearance has 19 items and shows acceptable reliability and validity. Consequently, the scale can be used by nurses to evaluate body image among Farsi-speaking hemodialysis patients, which can help them to take necessary actions to decrease the level of concerns in these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julie Kurkowski, Elizabeth B Dowdell, Meredith MacKenzie Greenle
{"title":"Psychometric Testing of a Composite Score for Job Satisfaction of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses.","authors":"Julie Kurkowski, Elizabeth B Dowdell, Meredith MacKenzie Greenle","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0048","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Inconsistent scaling and inadequate psychometrics on job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intent to leave among nurses have resulted in studies using a single question to measure these outcomes. Our aim was to psychometrically test a composite measure. <b>Methods:</b> The scales for these variables in the Newly Licensed Registered Nurse Survey (NLRNS) and National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses were re-coded into a composite measure. Utilizing the 2016 NLRNS, we examined reliability and validity indexes. <b>Results:</b> Good internal consistency was demonstrated for the composite measure (α = .93) and the subscales of organizational commitment (α = .86) and intent to leave (α = .88). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses resulted in a two-factor solution. <b>Conclusions:</b> Our new composite measure is psychometrically sound and can be utilized for future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Migration-Related Stress Among Haitians: Cross-Cultural Translation of the Demands of Immigration Scale.","authors":"Dany Fanfan","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0082","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0082","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Although the Haitian population in the United States continues to grow, there is a lack of instruments in Haitian Creole to assess risk factors associated with poor mental health such as migration-related stress. This study described the translation of the Demands of Immigration Scale (DIS) and evaluated psychometric properties, meaning equivalence, and understandability of the Haitian Creole/English DIS. <b>Methods:</b> I applied the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy translation procedures and recruited 76 first-generation Haitian immigrants to pilot test the DIS. <b>Results:</b> Reliability was strong (α > .93). Meaning equivalence was maintained (<i>r</i> = .979), 75% understood both DIS versions equally, and 80% rated the translation as excellent/good. The DIS significantly correlated with gender, income, age, age at migration, English fluency, and depression. <b>Conclusions:</b> The DIS can reliably identify immigration-related social determinants of mental health and is ready for use in Haitian Creole.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11422522/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rafael A Bernardes, Sílvia Caldeira, Minna Stolt, Filipe Paiva-Santos, Paulo Santos-Costa, Arménio Guardado Cruz
{"title":"Adaptation and Validation of the Self-Administered Foot Health Assessment Instrument for Portuguese Undergraduate Nursing Students.","authors":"Rafael A Bernardes, Sílvia Caldeira, Minna Stolt, Filipe Paiva-Santos, Paulo Santos-Costa, Arménio Guardado Cruz","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0095","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> To translate and adapt the Self-Administered Foot Health Assessment Instrument from English to European Portuguese and explore its reliability and validity among undergraduate nursing students in Portugal. <b>Methods:</b> The study was divided into two phases. First, the translation and cross-cultural adaptation followed Beaton's guidelines, with a pretesting of the final version with 30 students. The validation process used the content validity index with a minimum of 75% agreement between experts and Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency. The second step provided the results of the principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, which were performed to study the overall fit of the model and item correlations. The STROBE checklist was used. <b>Results:</b> The Portuguese version, <i>Instrumento de Auto-Avaliação da Saúde do Pé</i> (IAASP), showed an overall acceptable evidence regarding content validity and internal consistency. The factor analysis results suggested removing the \"Foot pain\" dimension from the original scale. <b>Conclusions:</b> IAASP is suggested to maintain the original 22-item structure, with four domains, \"Skin health,\" \"Nail health,\" \"Foot structure,\" and \"Foot pain,\" being an initial reliable version with interest to measure the current foot health of nursing students. Future studies should contribute to IAASP's continuous improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soghra Hasani Narenjbaghi, Leila Valizadeh, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Akram Ghahramanian, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi
{"title":"Development and Psychometric Assessment of \"Self-Efficacy Scale\" for Patients With Beta Thalassemia Major: A Mixed-Methods Study.","authors":"Soghra Hasani Narenjbaghi, Leila Valizadeh, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Akram Ghahramanian, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0080","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0080","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Since self-efficacy is a significant factor influencing the self-management of chronic diseases, including thalassemia major, it is considered a key concept in chronic diseases. This study aimed to develop and psychometrically evaluate the self-efficacy scale for patients with thalassemia major. <b>Methods:</b> This was a mixed-methods study conducted in two phases. In phase 1, a qualitative study with a conventional content analysis design was conducted. In phase 2, which was a quantitative one, the psychometric analysis of the instrument's phrases was done. <b>Results:</b> The instrument has 35 items and 3 factors. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the intraclass correlation coefficient were .93 and .94, respectively. <b>Conclusions:</b> This study confirms the validity and reliability of the Beta Thalassemia Major Self-Efficacy Scale. With this tool, nurses can evaluate the self-efficacy of patients with thalassemia major.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autumn Beemer, Iva Piplica, Richard Sawatzky, Kara Schick-Makaroff
{"title":"Self- and Proxy-Completion of Quality of Life Assessment in Dementia Care: A Review of Reviews.","authors":"Autumn Beemer, Iva Piplica, Richard Sawatzky, Kara Schick-Makaroff","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0018","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Quality of life (QOL) assessment invites the perspectives of people living with dementia to be shared with family caregivers and healthcare providers. A review of reviews was conducted to describe synthesized evidence (i.e., from other reviews) regarding self- and proxy-reports of QOL for this population. <b>Methods:</b> Searches were conducted in four databases. The 25 included articles addressed self- or proxy-rated patient-reported outcome measures, focused on any type of dementia, and were a review or synthesis published in English. <b>Results:</b> Individuals with dementia are largely able to self-report QOL. Proxy-reports are incongruent with self-reports due to various factors, including the proxy-patient relationship and perspective of measurement. <b>Conclusion:</b> When assessing QOL for people with dementia, self-reports are preferred to proxy-reports; however, a combination is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heuler Souza Andrade, Maurílio de Souza Cazarim, Valéria Conceição de Oliveira, André Oliveira Baldoni, Eliete Albano de Azevedo Guimarães
{"title":"Evaluation of Immunobiological Cold Chain Costs.","authors":"Heuler Souza Andrade, Maurílio de Souza Cazarim, Valéria Conceição de Oliveira, André Oliveira Baldoni, Eliete Albano de Azevedo Guimarães","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0052","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Studies assessing the costs of the immunobiological cold chain (CC) are scarce. Therefore, the factors that influence the allocation of resources in this process are not known. The objective of this study is to determine the cost of the immunobiological CC. <b>Methods:</b> The Health Economic Assessment study was carried out in Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 2021 and 2022. The unit of analysis was the municipal level of the CC. The perspective of the Public Health System (<i>Sistema Único de Saúde</i>) was considered as a funder, the year 2021 was considered as the time frame, and the period of 1 year was considered as the time horizon of the analysis. Direct medical, nonmedical, and indirect costs were included. A mixed technique was used involving micro- and macrocosting and sensitivity analysis to identify the influence of the main categories on the final cost. <b>Results:</b> The total cost was USD 20,014,545, with nonmedical direct costs being the most representative (61.24%). Human resources were the most influential items, representing 76.43% of the total cost. <b>Conclusions:</b> The most influential items should be those of greatest concern and planned by managers to make the CC more efficient.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}