[A tool to evaluate hospital nursing practices toward smoking cessation]
Mario Lepage1, François Champagne, Lise Renaud
1Université du Québec en Outaouais, Département des sciences infirmières, Gatineau, Canada. mario.lepage@uqo.ca
Recherche En Soins Infirmiers
|May 16, 2013
Summary
This study developed and validated a French questionnaire to measure hospital nurses' smoking cessation practices, addressing beliefs and attitudes to improve interventions. The reliable and valid tool is now available for use.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Research
- Health Behavior
- Questionnaire Development
Background:
- Hospital nurses' engagement in smoking cessation is limited by their beliefs and attitudes.
- Measuring these beliefs and attitudes is crucial for enhancing smoking cessation practices.
- There was a need for a validated instrument to assess nurses' smoking cessation practices.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a questionnaire for assessing smoking cessation practices among hospital nurses.
- To create a reliable and valid tool based on the theory of planned behavior.
Main Methods:
- A methodological study was conducted to construct the questionnaire.
- Validation involved four experts and reliability testing using multiple nurse samples (n=118, 38, 29, 157).
- The theory of planned behavior guided questionnaire construction.
Main Results:
- The questionnaire achieved a high Index of Content Validation (ICV) of 0.94.
- Reliability, measured by Cronbach's alpha, ranged from 0.697 to 0.931.
- Moderately high correlations (0.406–0.569) were found between questionnaire concepts.
Conclusions:
- A reliable and valid questionnaire in French has been developed.
- This tool can effectively measure smoking cessation practices among hospital nurses.
- The validated questionnaire can inform interventions aimed at improving nurses' roles in smoking cessation.
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