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Individualised Care Scale-Nurse: Construct validity and internal consistency of the Spanish version




AuthorsRodríguez-Martín Beatriz, Gutiérrez Irene García-Camacha, Caro-Alonso Pedro Angel, Suhonen Riitta, Gutiérrez Aurora García-Camacha

PublisherWILEY

Publication year2022

JournalScandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Journal name in sourceSCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES

Journal acronymSCAND J CARING SCI

Volume36

Issue2

First page 404

Last page415

Number of pages11

ISSN0283-9318

eISSN1471-6712

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1111/scs.13051

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/68551329


Abstract

Background
Individualising the provided care is mandatory in nursing and is essential in clinical practice. Therefore, there is a need to develop accurate instruments to evaluate the quality of care. Moreover, there is no validated instrument to assess nurses’ views of individualised care in Spanish-speaking countries.

Aim
To assess the construct validity and internal consistency of the Spanish version of the Individualised Care Scale-Nurse.

Methods
A cross-sectional study including 108 nursing professionals (40.84 ± 9.51 years old, 86.1% female) was used to validate the Spanish Individualised Care Scale-Nurse version. A forward-back translation method with an expert panel and a cross-sectional study was used for transcultural adaptation and psychometric validation purposes. Psychometric properties of feasibility, reliability and validity were assessed. Construct validity was examined through a confirmatory factor analysis and fit indices of the overall model were computed. Internal consistency was explored through McDonald’s omega and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients among other correlation measures.

Results
The back-translation concluded both Spanish and English Individualised Care Scale-Nurse versions to be equivalent. The original structure of the Individualised Care Scale-Nurse was verified in the Spanish version through the confirmatory factor analysis (factor loadings >0.3; acceptable fit indices: SRMR ≈ 0.08, CFI ≈ 0.9, RMSEA ≈ 0.09 after posteriori modifications). McDonald's omega exceeded 0.7 for both subscales and complete scales revealing an adequate internal consistency.


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