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Development and Initial Validation of the Nurses' Comfort With Touch Scale.
Monica Pedrazza1, Elena Trifiletti, Sabrina Berlanda
1University of Verona, Italy.
Journal of Nursing Measurement
|December 18, 2015
Summary
Nurses' comfort with touch is crucial for effective care. A new scale was developed and validated to measure nurses' comfort with touch, aiding in improving nursing interventions.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Nursing touch interventions are vital for patient care.
- No validated instrument exists to measure nurses' comfort with touch.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and preliminarily validate a scale assessing nurses' comfort with touch.
- To provide a tool for evaluating a key factor in nursing interventions.
Main Methods:
- Scale items generated via semistructured interviews.
- Content validity assessed by expert review.
- Psychometric properties evaluated with 451 nurses.
Main Results:
- Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a five-factor solution.
- Concurrent validity demonstrated correlations with positive affect and emotional self-efficacy.
Conclusions:
- The developed scale offers a valid measure of nurses' comfort with touch.
- Findings have implications for nursing research, education, and practice.
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