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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.
Background And Purpose:
The extent to which nurses feel comfortable about the use of touch may affect the frequency and quality of nursing touch-based interventions. No valid instrument exists to assess nurses' feelings of comfort with touch. In this study, the nurses' scale was developed and preliminary validated.
Methods:
Items were generated through semistructured interviews. After testing the content validity with a team of experts, the psychometric properties were tested with a sample of 451 nurses.
Results:
Explorative factor analysis yielded a five-factor solution, which was supported by confirmatory factor analysis. Examination of concurrent validity revealed that comfort with touch was correlated with positive affective states and emotional self-efficacy.
Conclusion:
Future directions and implications for nursing research, education, and practice are discussed.
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