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Qualitative and Quantitative Validation of Tools with Rating Scales Aimed at Assessing the Quality of University Service-Learning
Published on: August 29, 2025
Validation to Spanish of the Caring Assessment Tool (CAT-V)
Rosa María Fernández Ayuso1, Juan Manuel Morillo Velázquez2, David Fernández Ayuso3
11PhD, Professor, San Juan de Dios University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain.
Objective:
to translate and validate to Spanish the Caring Assessment Scale tool, CAT-V, by Joanne Duffy, within the framework of Jean Watson; as a secondary objective, it is proposed to evaluate its psychometric properties. There are tools designed to measure the patient's perception of provided cares, including CAT-V, the subject of our interest, in a way that it can be used in Spanish-speaking patients.
Methods:
to meet the objectives, it was performed sequential translation and retro-translation of the scale to be validated, through a standardized procedure. The final version of that scale was validated in a sample of 349 patients from four public and two private hospitals in Madrid, Spain.
Results:
The instrument was translated and validated with high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha .953). The subsequent factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure, not coincident with the data from the US population.
Conclusion:
it is considered that the translation of CAT-V is a suitable instrument to be used in the evaluation of patient care in Ibero-american health centers whose language is Spanish.
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