J Korean Acad Nurs.  2005 Oct;35(6):1063-1071.

Validity and Reliability of an Instrument for Predictive Nursing Intention for SARS Patient Care

• Yoo HR
• Kwon BE
• Jang YS
• Youn HK

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was done to develop and test validity and reliability of on instrument for predicting nursing intention for SARS patient care. METHOD: The psychometric properties of a SARS patient care attrition prediction tool, based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, were examined in this study. The Three-phase design involved a) salient beliefs generated from clinical nurses (n=43) b) content validation by expert panel evaluations(n=5) c) face validation by plot testing (n=10) d) and instrument validation in a cross sectional survey (n=299). Psychometric analysis of survey data provided empirical evidence of the construct validity and reliability of the instrument. RESULT: Principal component analysis verified the hypothesized 6-factor solution, explaining 68.2% of variance, and Alpha coefficients of .7538 to .9389 indicated a high internal consistency of the instrument. CONCLUSION: The instrument can be used by nurse administrators and researcher to assess clinical nurses' salient beliefs about caring for SARS patients, guide tailored intervention strategies to effective caring, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.

Keyword

SARS patients; Instrument development; Theory of planned behavior

MeSH Terms

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/*nursing
Reproducibility of Results
*Questionnaires
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing Care
Nurses/*psychology
Humans
Female
Attitude of Health Personnel
Adult