A survey scale for caregivers′cognition on continuous nursing care of premature infants:Development and assessment of its reliability and validity
10.16571/j.cnki.1008-8199.2017.01.020
- VernacularTitle:家庭主要照护者对早产儿连续护理认知水平测评量表的编制与信效度检测
- Author:
Wanqing YAO
;
Haihua CHEN
;
Lan ZHANG
;
Zizhen WANG
- Keywords:
Caregiver;
Continuing nursing;
Premature infant;
Delphi technique;
Reliability;
Validity
- From:
Journal of Medical Postgraduates
2017;30(1):95-99
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective At present , there is only a small amount of survey scale of caregivers′cognitive level on continuous nursing care for premature infants , which had not been subject to stringent testing of reliability and validity .This paper aims at developing a suitable survey scale of caregivers′cognitive level oncontinuous nursing care for 0-1 year premature infants , and testing its reliability and validity. Methods Convenience sampling method was used and totally 495 caregivers of premature infants of Army General Hospi-tal affiliated BaYi Children hospital from April to August 2016 has been investigated .After we had preliminary content of the question-naire, two-round Delphi consultations were used to identify the draft of the scale , and the reliability and validity were tested . Results Totally 419 valid questionnaires from 495.Questionnaires effective recovery was 84.65%.Critical ratio for each entry was 9.355-23.179 ( P<0.05) , which suggested that entries had good distinction .Coeffi-cient of correlation between scale items and total score was 0.500-0.775(P<0.05), whichindicated highly homogeneity between entries and table.By exploratory factor analysis , 5 entries were removed and 77 entries remained .The final scale of caregivers′cognitive level on continuous nursing care for premature infants included 4 indicators in level one , 15 indicators in level two and 77 indicators in level three .The Cronbach′s alpha was 0.985 for overall questionnaire and 0.848-0.939 for each dimension .The split-half reliability was 0.895 for overall questionnaire and 0.814-0.939 for each dimension .The content validity index was 0.963.The cumulative contribution rate of each dimension was 64.645%-83.236%. Conclusion The scale content was scientific and comprehensive .It can be used to investigate the caregivers′cognitive level on continuous nursing care for 0-1 year pre-mature infants, direct nurses to provide continuous care for premature infants , and evaluate the continuous nursing effect .
