Development and reliability and validity of the Questionnaire on Pain Nursing Competency evaluation of nursing students
10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20240625-01675
- VernacularTitle:护生疼痛护理胜任力评价问卷的编制与信效度检验
- Author:
Ke NI
1
;
Yingge TONG
;
Donghua LIU
;
Xiang PAN
;
Lingling LUO
;
Xiaoyan LI
;
Miaoling WANG
;
Ying LIN
;
Yixuan LI
;
Jinwei QIAN
;
Lihui GU
Author Information
1. 杭州师范大学护理学院，杭州 311121
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Students, nursing;
Pain management;
Clinical competence;
Reliability;
Validity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2025;41(8):569-576
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To develop and validate the Pain nursing Competency Evaluation Questionnaire for Nursing Students to provide an effective tool for measuring the pain management competency of nursing students in China.Methods:The questionnaire was constructed through literature review, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, Delphi expert consultation, and a pre-survey. From September 2023 to January 2024, a convenience sampling method was used to select 250 nursing students from Hangzhou Normal University and Lishui University in Zhejiang Province for the survey. Reliability and validity of the developed questionnaire were tested. A random sample of 30 nursing students was selected for retesting after two weeks.Results:A total of 10 female experts were consulted through correspondence. The Pain Care Competency Evaluation Questionnaire for nursing students consists of 36 items. Through exploratory factor analysis, five common factors were extracted: pain health education, comprehensive pain assessment, pain screening and assessment, analgesic interventions, and analgesic side effects nursing, which together explained 61.695% of the variance. The content validity of the questionnaire was 0.96, and the item-level content validity index ranged from 0.900 to 1.000. The overall Cronbach′s α coefficient was 0.924, and the Cronbach′s α coefficients for the five dimensions ranged from 0.856 to 0.915. The test-retest reliability was 0.831. Conclusions:The Pain Care Competency Evaluation Questionnaire for nursing students developed in this study has good reliability and validity. It can be used as a tool to assess nursing students′ competency in pain care and provides a reference for the design and optimization of pain care courses and clinical practice programs for nursing students in undergraduate institutions.
