Psychometric Properties of the WHO-5 Well-Being Index among Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Three Countries
| Autor: | Mariela Lara-Cabrera, Moisés Betancort, Amparo Muñoz-Rubilar, Natalia Rodríguez-Novo, Ottar Bjerkeset, Carlos De las Cuevas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Psychometrics
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Reproducibility of Results cross-cultural item response theory measurement invariance mental health nursing staff pandemics public health validation WHO-5 Well-Being Index World Health Organization Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260::Sosial- og arbeidspsykologi: 263 [VDP] Cross-Sectional Studies Surveys and Questionnaires Quality of Life Humans Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Sykepleievitenskap: 808 [VDP] Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806 [VDP] Pandemics |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 16; Pages: 10106 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph191610106 |
| Popis: | Nurses’ well-being has been increasingly recognised due to the ongoing pandemic. However, no validation scales measuring nurses’ well-being currently exist. Thus, we aimed to validate the WHO-5 Well-Being Index (WHO-5) in a sample of nurses. A cross-sectional multinational study was conducted, and a total of 678 nurses who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain (36.9%), Chile (40.0%) and Norway (23.1%) participated in this study. The nurses completed the WHO-5, the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 (GAD-2) and three questions about the quality of life (QoL). The WHO-5 demonstrated good reliability and validity in the three countries. Cronbach’s alphas ranged from 0.81 to 0.90. High correlations were found between the WHO-5 and the psychological well-being dimension of QoL, and negative correlations between the WHO-5 and PHQ-2. The unidimensional scale structure was confirmed in all the countries, explaining more than 68% of the variance. The item response theory likelihood ratio model did not show discernible differences in the WHO-5 across the countries. To conclude, the WHO-5 is a psychometrically sound scale for measuring nurses’ well-being during a pandemic. The scale showed strong construct validity for cross-cultural comparisons; however, more research is required with larger sample sizes. |
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