Establishment of scale of death attitude for nurses and testing of its validity and reliability

VernacularTitle:护士死亡态度量表的编制及信效度检验
Author: Jing CUI ; Linlin ZHANG ; Baoxin SHI ; Hailing ZHU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Attitude to death; Nurse; Reliability; Validity
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2012;28(22):34-37
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ObjectiveTo design the scale of death attitude for Chinese nurses and evaluate its validity and reliability.MethodsThe scale draft was formed through the literature review,the formal scale was got via expert consultation and interview survey of 20 cases of small sample.120 clinical nurses were selected for investigation.Then item analysis,factor analysis,correlation analysis and reliability analysis were applied to establish the scale′s validity and reliability.ResultsThe nursing staff death attitude scale consisted of 25 items,the varimax rotation factor analysis of the scale identified seven principal factors and explained for 63.732％ variances.The correlation coefficient between each item and its domain was 0.498～0.808,the Cronbach′s α coefficient of five domains was 0.595～0.774,the Cronbach′s α and split-half coefficient for the whole scale were 0.824 and 0.868 respectively.ConclusionsThe scale has high reliability and validity,and it can be the effective test instrument for death attitude of nurses in China.