{"title":"Validity and Reliability of Persian Version of the Perth A-Loneness Scale in Iranian Adolescents.","authors":"Neda Salami, Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani, Hamid Sharif-Nia, Amir Hossein Goudarzian, Shabnam Shariatpanahi, Kaveh Alavi","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2025-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2025-0009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> The present study was carried out with the aim of translating and psychometrically assessing the 24-item version of the Perth A-Loneness Scale. <b>Methods:</b> This methodological cross-sectional study was carried out between January 2023 and August 2024. Adolescents from public schools in Tehran City were recruited for this study. The Perth A-Loneness Scale was translated into Persian. Subsequently, the validity (content and construct) and reliability of this scale were assessed. <b>Results:</b> The exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure for the scale, accounting for 51.7% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that all goodness-of-fit indices supported the model fit (minimum discrepancy function [CMIN]/<i>df</i> = 2.082, goodness-of-fit index = 0.980, incremental fit index = 0.982, comparative fit index = 0.980, Tucker-Lewis Index = 0.964, relative fit index = 0.968, and Root mean square error of approximation = .073) (95% confidence interval: [.063, .082]). After careful evaluation, all coefficients of internal consistency were deemed acceptable (α = .762 and McDonald's omega = 0.756). <b>Conclusions:</b> In the present context, the translation and validation of the Perth A-Loneness Scale among Iranian adolescents revealed that it has a four-factor structure, reliability, and validity to estimate the degree of loneliness among adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143970406","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":"Development and Validation of the Sexual Health Attitude Scale for Young Adults.","authors":"Melek Hava Köprülü, Zübeyde Ekşi Güloğlu","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2024-0117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2024-0117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> The scale was developed to assess the attitudes of young adults aged 18-25 years toward sexual health. <b>Method:</b> The scale was methodologically developed based on the instrument development guidelines proposed by Robert F. DeVellis. The sample consisted of 721 young individuals in Turkey. <b>Results:</b> In the exploratory factor analysis, a scale with seven subdimensions explained 56.29% of the total variance was obtained. The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated the scale had acceptable fit indices (χ² statistic divided by the degrees of freedom = 2.553, root-mean-square error of approximation = .066). The total Cronbach's α value of the scale was determined to be .94. <b>Conclusion:</b> The analyses conducted demonstrated that the scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for determining young adults' attitudes toward sexual health.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143970445","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}
Mauro Fernandes Teles, Icaro José Santos Ribeiro, Mikhail Santos Cerqueira, Márcio Vasconcelos Oliveira, Cesar Augusto Casotti, Ivna Vidal Freire, Mateus Cardoso Oliveira, Rafael Pereira
{"title":"Metabolic Risk Profiles: A Latent Class Analysis Involving Variables Related to Blood Glucose and Insulin Resistance.","authors":"Mauro Fernandes Teles, Icaro José Santos Ribeiro, Mikhail Santos Cerqueira, Márcio Vasconcelos Oliveira, Cesar Augusto Casotti, Ivna Vidal Freire, Mateus Cardoso Oliveira, Rafael Pereira","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2024-0135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2024-0135","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Older adults are more susceptible to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) due to age-related changes in insulin secretion and signaling pathways. Given the multifactorial nature of metabolic disorders, the use of robust multivariate models is justified to explore associated risk factors. This study aimed to identify latent classes of metabolic profiles among older adults based on a cluster of variables associated with cardiovascular risk. <b>Methods:</b> The study included community-dwelling individuals aged 60 years or older residing in urban areas who participated in all three phases of data collection: questionnaires, clinical examinations, and blood sampling. Latent class analysis (LCA) was applied using dichotomized variables, with model selection based on criteria such as Akaike Information Criterion, Bayesian Information Criterion, G², log-likelihood value, and entropy estimation. <b>Results:</b> A total of 210 older adults were evaluated. Three latent classes were identified: low, moderate, and high metabolic risk. The <b>high-risk class</b> was characterized by a higher probability of altered HbA1c and triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index values (0.96), elevated fasting blood glucose, and a prior diagnosis of hypertension (0.87), as well as impaired homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index and a prior diagnosis of T2DM (0.79). The <b>moderate-risk class</b> showed a greater likelihood of hypertension (0.87), altered TyG (0.87), and impaired HOMA-IR index (0.56). <b>Conclusions:</b> LCA proved to be a valuable tool in Public Health by enabling the identification of homogeneous subgroups within a heterogeneous population. These findings support the development of more targeted and effective preventive strategies based on specific metabolic risk profiles.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144021659","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":"Digital Health Literacy Instrument: Brazilian Version -Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Content Validity for Individuals With Heart Failure.","authors":"Daniele Cristina Bosco Aprile, Renata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti-Rebustini, Elaine Peixoto, Mirian Ueda Yamaguchi, Camila Takao Lopes","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0061","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and purpose:</b> Assessment of digital health literacy should be a major concern for health care providers. We aimed to translate and adapt the Digital Health Literacy (DHL) Instrument into Brazilian Portuguese and examine the content validity for individuals with heart failure (HF). <b>Methods:</b> The instrument was translated, back translated, and evaluated by a panel of six experts regarding linguistic equivalences. An agreement analysis was performed, with values ≥80% considered acceptable. The experts then evaluated clarity, theoretical relevance, and practical pertinence. The content validity index (CVI) was calculated for each item. A CVI ≥.83 was considered acceptable. The expert's opinions were also evaluated through the modified kappa coefficient for content validity studies. Values >.74 were considered excellent. The content validity ratio (CVR) was also calculated. A critical value of CVR of 1.00 was determined. Cognitive testing (understanding the meaning of each item and their respective answers) was performed with 33 individuals with HF. <b>Results:</b> The adapted version obtained an agreement of ≥83.3% for each item on linguistic equivalences. Total CVI was ≥0.83, kappa values for each item were >.74, and the CVR values were 1.00 for all items. After two rounds of evaluation, all patients were able to understand the items and response scale. <b>Conclusions:</b> The Brazilian version has satisfactory evidence of linguistic and content validity to measure DHL in patients with HF. Additional psychometric properties will be tested in the country.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":"154-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140305970","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}
Burçin Irmak, İnci Mercan Annak, Sevil Güler, Hülya Bulut
{"title":"The Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Oral Presentation Evaluation Scale for Nursing Students.","authors":"Burçin Irmak, İnci Mercan Annak, Sevil Güler, Hülya Bulut","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0127","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0127","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> In nursing education, students are often expected to make presentations. This study aimed to adapt the Oral Presentation Evaluation Scale (OPES) into the Turkish language and investigate its psychometric properties. <b>Methods:</b> This methodological study comprised 311 undergraduate students. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), coefficient α, and item-total correlation. <b>Results:</b> The item-total score correlation coefficients of the scale were between 0.636 and 0.787, and according to the CFA, the factor loads of all items varied between 0.533 and 0.846. The chi-square/standard deviation value, goodness of fit index, comparative fit index, normed fit index, and root mean square error of approximation were 2.056, 0.928, 0.973, 0.949, and 0.058, respectively. Coefficient α value was 0.951. According to the results of EFA, the scale consists of a two-factor structure in Turkish culture. <b>Conclusions:</b> The OPES is a valid and reliable tool to evaluate the oral presentations of Turkish nursing students.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":"166-176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142289411","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":"26-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","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":"62-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","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}
{"title":"Integrating Clinical Judgment Into the Entry-Level Nursing: A Confirmatory Factor Analytic Study.","authors":"Joseph Betts, William Muntean","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0106","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Clinical judgement (CJ) is a complex variable that utilizes higher level cognitive processing related to clinical reasoning, decision-making, and critical thinking. As CJ is a vital aspect of nursing, the current study evaluated the extent to which the current NCLEX item bank assesses CJ and a critical aspect of measuring new constructs using a dimensionality analysis. <b>Methods:</b> A Confirmatory Factor Analysis was completed to evaluate the factor structure of items written to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) that directly measures CJ with respect to extant NCLEX items. <b>Results:</b> Results indicated that scenarios written using the CJMM were found to have a unidimensional structure. <b>Conclusions:</b> The results suggested that the scenarios written with the CJMM could be scaled concurrently with the current NCLEX items.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":"131-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140305971","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":"The Turkish Version of the Compassionate Care Assessment Tool: A Validity and Reliability Study.","authors":"Nülüfer Erbil, Hanife Durgun","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2024-0005","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2024-0005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> The Compassionate Care Assessment Tool was designed to evaluate the compassionate care characteristics of nurses. The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version. <b>Methods:</b> This study was a methodological type of study. Data were collected from 300 patients hospitalized in different services. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and LISREL 8.7. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to analyze the data. <b>Results:</b> The content validity index of the scale was 0.94. Confirmatory factor analysis conducted on the Turkish form showed that all items fell within the subscales of the original scale. and that their factor loads were between .37 and .78. The coefficient α of the scale was .897. <b>Conclusions:</b> The tool is a valid and reliable tool for evaluating compassionate care given by nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":"122-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140305975","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}
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 coefficient α 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":"101-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","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}