Research in reliability and validity of the Chinese version of nursing activities scale

VernacularTitle:专业护理实践行为测评工具中文版信效度研究
Author: Yanhui LIU ; Shanshan WANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Professional nursing practice behavior; Nurse; Scale; Reliability; Validity
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2013;22(11):1044-1046
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To translate the English version of Nursing Activities Scale (NAS) into Chinese,and to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of NAS.Methods A total of 520 nurses were tested by the Chinese version of NAS.SPSS17.0 and AMOS 17.0 were used to test the reliability and validity.Results The correlations between the items and total scale ranged from 0.232 to 0.732 (P＜0.01).Four factors were extracted by exploratory factor analysis and they could explain 52.251％ of the total variance.The confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good model fit,and the fit indices were x2/df =1.145,GFI =0.962,AGFI =0.933,RMR =0.028,RMSEA =0.017,NFI =0.957,CFI =0.994.Conclusion Chinese version of NAS is reliable and valid,and can be used to assess the level of professional nursing practice.