{"title":"An Integrative Review on Cross-Cultural Psychometric Studies of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale.","authors":"Fengyan Deng, Susan D Horn","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2023-0055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide prompted global fear and panic among all populations. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale was developed to assess the degree of fear. This review summarizes and synthesizes the revised cross-cultural validation studies of the Revised Fear of COVID-19 Scale to explore the properties of the scale and fear characteristics among different populations. <b>Methods:</b> A systematic literature search was conducted on the electronic databases of PubMed and Scopus. The review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis framework. <b>Results:</b> The review demonstrated that the Revised Fear of COVID-19 Scale has robust psychometric properties and fear impacts mental health across all study populations. The characteristics of the fear of COVID-19 are associated with specific variables. <b>Conclusion:</b> The Revised Fear of COVID-19 Scale can be used as a screening tool to assess levels of COVID-19 fear among different populations globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141971276","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}
Ja'far M Alkhawaldeh, Mahmoud A Khawaldeh, Abdallah Abu Khait, Majd T Mrayyan, Ola A Kutah, Dalal Yehia, Noha M Al-Shdayfat, Raya Alhusban, Raed M Shudifat, Rana Abdelfattah Al Awamleh
{"title":"Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of Nursing Stress Scale in Jordanian Nurses.","authors":"Ja'far M Alkhawaldeh, Mahmoud A Khawaldeh, Abdallah Abu Khait, Majd T Mrayyan, Ola A Kutah, Dalal Yehia, Noha M Al-Shdayfat, Raya Alhusban, Raed M Shudifat, Rana Abdelfattah Al Awamleh","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2024-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2024-0013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Occupational stress (OS) has been widely acknowledged as a health issue among nurses. OS primarily impacts nurses to a greater extent than other healthcare professionals. The Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) is widely utilized to assess OS levels among nurses from diverse cultural backgrounds. No known study has investigated the psychometric characteristics of the Nursing Stress Scale within the Arab World. This study assessed the psychometric properties and cultural relevance of the Arabic version of the Nursing Stress Scale in a sample of Jordanian nurses. <b>Methods:</b> The present study employed a cross-sectional design to test the psychometrics of the Nursing Stress Scale among 170 nurses working in eight public healthcare centers in the capital of Jordan. An Arabic version of the scale was created by translating the English version. The expert panel confirmed the Arabic scale's content validity and cultural suitability. Exploratory factor analysis and internal consistency were used to evaluate the factorial structure and reliability. <b>Results:</b> In the study, the nurses' mean age was 30 ± 5.5. The content validity of the Arabic version was rated excellent, with a content validity index of 0.85. The results of the exploratory factor analysis yielded a four-factor, 23 items out of the 34 structures that accounted for 65.70% of the variance. The internal consistency reliability of the Arabic version of the Nursing Stress Scale ranged from 0.83 (inadequate emotional preparation) to 0.92 (death and dying). <b>Conclusions:</b> The Arabic version of the Nursing Stress Scale is valid, reliable, and culturally suitable for assessing OS within clinical environments among Jordanian nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141860103","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":"Validity and Reliability of the 21st-Century Skills Scale.","authors":"Zeynep Asal, Fatma Başalan İz","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2023-0122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background Purpose:</b> This study was carried out to assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the 21st-Century Skills Scale in Nursing Students. <b>Methods:</b> It is a methodological type of research. In the validity study of the scale, language validity, content validity, and structure validity were examined. Internal consistency analysis was performed in the reliability study. <b>Results:</b> According to the exploratory factor analysis, the total variance explained by the eight-factor structure was calculated as 57.15%. Items 63, 62, 60, and 15 were removed from the scale, as they did not contribute to any factor. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model was statistically significant and valid (χ<sup>2</sup> /<i>df</i> = 2.255). <b>Conclusions:</b> The results of this research indicate that the 21st-Century Skills Scale is a valid scale with 8 sub-dimensions and 59 items in Turkish society and can be used reliably to determine the 21st-century skills of nursing students.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141723786","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":"Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Intensive Care Experience Questionnaire (ICE-Q).","authors":"Mahboobeh Maghamirad, Ismail Azizi-Fini, Mahboobeh Maghami, Safoura Yadollahi","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2023-0103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> It is important to assess the experience of patients who have been admitted to an intensive care unit to provide the best treatment and nursing care possible. Therefore, a valid and reliable tool is necessary for measurement. This study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Intensive Care Experience Questionnaire (ICEQ) for open-heart surgery patients. <b>Methods:</b> The study was conducted in four steps: translation, face and content validity, confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability assessment. The adapted questionnaire was administered to 200 Iranian cardiac surgery patients who had received treatment in an intensive care unit within the past month. <b>Results:</b> In the final Persian version of ICEQ, there are 4 factors and 21 items. Following the translation and cultural adaptation process, the content validity was evaluated. Three items had content validity ratio < 0.6, so they were deleted. Scale-level content validity index/Average was 0.81 and more than 0.7 for each item on the scale. This scale was validated through confirmatory factor analysis using fit indicators (comparative fit index, normalized fit index, root mean square error of approximation, and chi-square). There was Cronbach's alpha of 0.71-0.85, and intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.82-0.93 for subscales. <b>Conclusions:</b> The Persian version of ICEQ showed appropriate psychometric properties. This scale may be useful to inform the development of effective interventions to improve subsequent outcomes for Iranian open-heart surgery patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141627001","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}
Bashir Kaka, Surajo Kamilu Sulaiman, Bashir Bello, Ashiru Hamza Mohammad, Umar Muhammad Bello, Dauda Salihu, Muhammad Chutiyami, Francis Fatoye
{"title":"Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the Quality of Life Index Among Hausa-Speaking People with Spinal Cord Injury in Northwest Nigeria.","authors":"Bashir Kaka, Surajo Kamilu Sulaiman, Bashir Bello, Ashiru Hamza Mohammad, Umar Muhammad Bello, Dauda Salihu, Muhammad Chutiyami, Francis Fatoye","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2024-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2024-0008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Quality of life (QoL) is an important outcome that is used to measure the success of healthcare interventions. Valid and reliable instruments are required to assess QoL. Hence, we conducted this study to adapt and validate the QoL Index (QLI) among Hausa-speaking people with spinal cord injury (SCI) in northwest Nigeria. <b>Method:</b> Using the International Society for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcome Research principles of good practice and the consensus-based standards for the selection of health measurement instruments guidelines, the QLI-SCI version was translated into Hausa language and tested for content validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability among people with SCI in northwest Nigeria. <b>Result:</b> The Hausa QLI (HQLI) demonstrated good content validity (CVI = 92.18%), internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.855), and test-retest reliability (ICC =0.949 [95% CI, 0.916-0.969]). <b>Conclusion:</b> The HQLI can be deployed to assess QoL among Hausa-speaking people with SCI, thus promoting robust measurement of QoL in an SCI population.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141492367","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":"Nurse's Opinions on School-Hospital Cooperation: Scale Development Study.","authors":"Seda Şahan, Elif Günay İsmailoğlu, Eda Ergin","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2024-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2024-0007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> This study aims to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool that can evaluate the views of clinical nurses on school-hospital cooperation and the scale of nurses. <b>Methods:</b> Within the scope of validity analyses for the development of the scale, content validity index, construct validity, and known group validity were used. Standard error, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, item-total score correlation, and scale response bias methods were used within the scope of reliability analyses. <b>Results:</b> In the final version of the developed scale, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value was 0.90, and Bartlett's test result was χ<sup>2</sup>: 2819.610, <i>p</i> < 0.001. It was determined that the total variance of the scale was 45.33%, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.857. In the scale response bias analysis, the Hotelling T² value was 3585.645. <b>Conclusions:</b> It was found that the Nurses' Views of School-Hospital Cooperation Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141457493","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}
Natália Ramos Costa Pessoa, Jackeline Kérollen Duarte de Sales, Clemente Neves Sousa, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Cecília Maria Farias de Queiroz Frazão, Vânia Pinheiro Ramos
{"title":"Development and Psychometric Testing of Scales of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Self-Care for Patients With Arteriovenous Fistula.","authors":"Natália Ramos Costa Pessoa, Jackeline Kérollen Duarte de Sales, Clemente Neves Sousa, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Cecília Maria Farias de Queiroz Frazão, Vânia Pinheiro Ramos","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2023-0100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-2023-0100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> To validate the scales of knowledge, attitude, and practice of self-care for arteriovenous fistulas in renal patients on hemodialysis. <b>Methods:</b> A methodological study verified the evidence of validity based on the content, response processes, and internal structure of the scales. The content was evaluated by six judges, and the response processes were verified with six patients. In the evaluation of the internal structure, the scales were applied to 220 patients for exploratory factor analysis with evaluation of McDonald's omega adjustment and calculation indexes. <b>Results:</b> The scales explained variance and McDonald's omega values of 40.4%/0.896, 60.7%/0.843, and 36.9%/0.702 for the knowledge (19 items), attitude (4 items), and practice (8 items), respectively. <b>Conclusions:</b> The scale of attitude was valid after the analysis of the content evidence, response processes, and internal structure. The arteriovenous fistula self-care knowledge and practice scales explained less than 50% of the constructs. Therefore, it is recommended that new studies be conducted to validate scales of knowledge and practice of fistula self-care.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141457492","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":"Psychometric Testing of a New Instrument for Assessing Cancer Patient Preparedness for the Survivorship Transition.","authors":"Jung-Won Lim, En-Jung Shon, Eun Joo Yang, Dong-Wook Shin","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2022-0094","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2022-0094","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> This study aimed to develop and examine the psychometric properties of the \"Preparedness for Transition to Survivorship Care Instrument\" (PTSCI) for cancer survivors. <b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional study of cancer survivors in Korea was conducted to test the reliability and validity of the PTSCI. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and concurrent validity tests were conducted. <b>Results:</b> The EFA showed that the 7-factor structure of a 34-item PTSCI accounted for 61.5% of the total observed variance. In CFA, three competing models were created and compared to a 7-factor solution model. A 6-factor 31-item model showed the best fit and was chosen as the final PTSCI model. PTSCI is significantly associated with quality of life, psychological distress, and health promotion. <b>Conclusions:</b> PTSCI can be helpful in preparing for diverse psychosocial and behavioral issues faced by cancer survivors in the survivorship phase.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":"241-255"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9733009","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}
Janet Marie Reed, Richard E Ferdig, Aryn C Karpinski, András N Zsidó
{"title":"A Short Form for Measuring Anxiety in Nursing Education.","authors":"Janet Marie Reed, Richard E Ferdig, Aryn C Karpinski, András N Zsidó","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2022-0131","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2022-0131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Nursing education lacks an easily accessible, valid, and reliable short instrument to support researchers and instructors in quickly assessing student anxiety. The purpose of this research was to respond to this need by assessing the reliability and validity of a short-form anxiety instrument adapted from psychology which could measure state and trait anxiety. <b>Methods:</b> Using a one-group, repeated measures design, 51 sophomore level undergraduate nursing students had their state and trait anxiety levels measured at three time points over the course of a semester. <b>Results:</b> Results showed that the anxiety instrument was valid and reliable for use in nursing education with coefficient α ranging from .65 to .88. <b>Conclusion:</b> Future nurse researchers and educators should consider using the short-form anxiety instrument when a quick differentiation is needed to measure state and trait anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":"312-319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139650977","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}
Marvin A Solberg, Rosalind M Peters, Thomas N Templin
{"title":"The Psychometric Properties of the Brief COPE Among Young Adults.","authors":"Marvin A Solberg, Rosalind M Peters, Thomas N Templin","doi":"10.1891/JNM-2022-0046","DOIUrl":"10.1891/JNM-2022-0046","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Although the Brief COPE is a widely used instrument to measure coping, its factor structure is understudied in young adults. The purpose of this article was to determine the psychometric properties of the dispositional version of the Brief COPE among young adults. <b>Methods:</b> Two hundred young adults completed the dispositional version of the Brief COPE. Measures of depression, anxiety, and stress tested predictive validity. Confirmatory factor analyses and exploratory structural equation modeling were conducted. <b>Results:</b> The final model achieved good fit (minimum discrepancy/degrees of freedom = 1.59; comparative fit index = .93; standardized root mean square residual = .07). Three second-order factors were identified: adaptive (α = .81), support (α = 78), and disengaged coping (α = 71). Adaptive and disengaged coping were differentially associated with mental health outcomes. <b>Conclusions:</b> The results are consistent with a growing body of evidence to support the construct validity of the Brief COPE.</p>","PeriodicalId":16585,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing measurement","volume":" ","pages":"206-215"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10033184","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}