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Yi-Chien Chiang1, Hsiang-Chun Lee, Tsung-Lan Chu
11PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, and Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou 2MSN, RN, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology 3MSN, RN, Director, Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou 4PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, and Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou 5EdD, RN, Professor, Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology; Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University; and Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou.
A new 17-item Religious Belief Scale (RBS) was developed for Taiwanese nurses. This reliable and valid tool measures nurses' religious beliefs, aiding in understanding their spiritual care competence.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Research
- Healthcare Professional Studies
- Psychometric Scale Development
Background:
- Nurses' religious beliefs can influence their capacity to provide spiritual care.
- Existing instruments for measuring nurses' religious beliefs in Taiwan are lacking in reliability and validity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a Religious Belief Scale (RBS) tailored for Taiwanese nurses.
- To rigorously evaluate the psychometric properties of the newly developed RBS.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional study involving 619 clinical nurses in Taiwan.
- Item generation through interviews, literature review, and expert input, followed by factor analysis.
- Validation using calibration and validation samples, assessing convergent, discriminant, concurrent, and known-group validity.
Main Results:
- Exploratory factor analysis yielded an 18-item RBS with four factors: "religious effects," "divine," "religious query," and "religious stress."
- Confirmatory factor analysis refined the scale to 17 items, demonstrating acceptable convergent and discriminant validity.
- The RBS showed positive correlation with spiritual health (concurrent validity) and significant differences between nurses with and without religious affiliation (known-group validity).
Conclusions:
- The 17-item RBS is a reliable, valid, and practical instrument for assessing the religious beliefs of nurses in Taiwan.
- This scale can facilitate the measurement of nurses' religious beliefs and explore their connection to patient spirituality.
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