Psychometric properties of the quality nursing care scale-turkish version: a methodological study

BMC Nursing

Research

Anita Karaca¹  Arzu Kader Harmanci Seren²  Gizem Kaya²  Leyla Kaya³ 

[1] Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey;Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fenerbahce University, Istanbul, Turkey;Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;

关键词: Nursing care;    Quality of care;    Perception;    Psychometrics;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12912-022-01153-0

 received in 2022-09-06, accepted in 2022-12-19,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

AimTo analyze the psychometric properties of the Quality Nursing Care Scale in Turkish Language.BackgroundThe quality of health services and nursing care effectively improves safe patient outcomes and reduces costs in healthcare organizations. There is a need for valid and reliable tools in order to use for evaluating the quality of nursing care.MethodsThe methodological and cross-sectional study included 225 nurses working in a research and training hospital. Content validity, construct validity, item analysis, and internal consistency analysis were used.ResultsThe content validity index of the scale was 0.96. The item-total score correlation values of the items were 0.72 and higher. The factor loads of the items ranged from 0.42 to 0.90. Different from the original scale, Turkish form consisted of three sub-dimensions. The fit indices were acceptable or very good. The Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient was 0.99.ConclusionThe Quality Nursing Care Scale was valid and reliable with its three-factor structure in Turkish Language. It may be used for measuring the quality of care in the aspects of nurses.

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