Psychometric testing of the revised “Families’ Importance in Nursing Care – Nurses’ Attitudes Instrument”

Benjamin R Mackie; Andrea Marshall; Marion Mitchell; Michael J Ireland

doi:10.1111/jan.13442

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Psychometric testing of the revised “Families’ Importance in Nursing Care – Nurses’ Attitudes Instrument”

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Psychometric testing of the revised “Families’ Importance in Nursing Care – Nurses’ Attitudes Instrument”

Benjamin R Mackie, Andrea Marshall, Marion Mitchell and Michael J Ireland

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol.74(2), pp.482-490

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13442

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Background: The validity of instruments is crucial in ensuring that data collected are sound and that these data represents what the instrument claims to measure. When an instrument is revised or used in a different population it is useful to re-examine its construct validity. Aim: To test the psychometrics properties of an instrument - the revised Families' Importance In Nursing Care - Nurses' Attitudes, designed to measure nurse' attitudes towards involving family in nursing care in an adult acute care setting. Design and methodology: A cross-sectional survey design was used in April - May 2016 with a sample of Enrolled and Registered Nurses (N = 212) to test the factor structure of the revised Families' Importance In Nursing- Nurses' Attitudes instrument. The instrument had 26 items with a five-point Likert response scale. Principle components analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed with oblique rotations to assess the internal structure of the instrument. Setting: A regional referral hospital in Queensland, Australia. Results: Using Principal Components Analysis and Principal Axis Factoring we obtained the same factor structure to that originally identified for the instrument. Our results suggested the removal of six items to refine the instrument and achieve simple structure. Conclusion: The removal of several items, relabeling of factors and residual cross-loading issues suggests that further revisions to the instrument are needed.

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Title: Psychometric testing of the revised “Families’ Importance in Nursing Care – Nurses’ Attitudes Instrument”
Authors: Benjamin R Mackie (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Andrea Marshall (Author) - Menzies Health Institute Queensland
Marion Mitchell (Author) - Menzies Health Institute Queensland
Michael J Ireland (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
Publication details: Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol.74(2), pp.482-490
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.1111/jan.13442
ISSN: 0309-2402
Copyright note: Copyright © 2018 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is the accepted version of the following article: Mackie BR, Marshall A, Mitchell M, Ireland MJ. Psychometric testing of the revised "Families' Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses' Attitudes instrument". J Adv Nurs. 2018;74:482-490. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13442, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13442
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450547702621
Output Type: Journal article

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