Development of the Simplified Chinese version of neonatal palliative care attitude scale.

Autor:	Zhong Y; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Black BP; School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States., Kain VJ; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Griffith, QLD, Australia., Sun X; School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China., Song Y; School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in pediatrics [Front Pediatr] 2022 Sep 27; Vol. 10, pp. 962420. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 27 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.3389/fped.2022.962420
Abstrakt:	Background: The provision of palliative care for neonates who are not expected to survive has been slow in mainland China, and this model of care remains in its early stages. Evaluating nurses' attitudes toward neonatal palliative care (NPC) has the potential to provide valuable insight into barriers impeding NPC implementation. This study aimed to translate and adapt the traditional Chinese version of the Neonatal Palliative Care Attitude Scale (NiPCAS) into Simplified Chinese to assess its psychometric properties. Methods: The NiPCAS is a valid and reliable instrument to measure nurses' attitudes for evidence-based practice. To date, the scale has not been used largely in mainland China. With translation and cultural adaptation, the traditional Chinese version of the NiPCAS was developed into a Simplified Chinese version. Its reliability was tested using internal consistency and test-retest reliability, and its validity was measured using the content validity index and exploratory factor analysis. Results: A total of 595 neonatal nurses from mainland China were recruited. Twenty-six items in the scale were translated into Simplified Chinese. The scale demonstrated excellent reliability with a Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.87 and a test-retest reliability of 0.88. To support the Simplified Chinese version of NiPCAS, the scale content validity score was 0.98, and the exploratory factor analysis revealed five factors representing the conceptual dimensions of the scale. Conclusion: This study demonstrated the psychometric properties of the Simplified Chinese version of NiPCAS, validated its use as a viable tool for measuring neonatal nurses' attitudes toward NPC, and identified facilitators and barriers to NPC adoption. Our findings suggested supported clinical application in the context of mainland China. A confirmatory factor-analysis approach with a different sample of neonatal nurses is required for further testing of the instrument in the future. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2022 Zhong, Black, Kain, Sun and Song.)
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