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Community Orientation Scale among Community Health Nurses in Fiji: Scale development and psychometric evaluation
Sachiko Tanabe1, Satoko Yanagisawa2, Silina Waqa Ledua3
1School of Nursing Kitasato University Kanagawa Japan.
Aim:
To develop and evaluate the reliability and validity of the COSCHN, a scale that aims to measure community orientation among community health nurses in Fiji.
Design:
Descriptive cross-sectional design.
Methods:
A self-administered questionnaire that included the 51 items in the preliminary COSCHN was distributed to community health nurses in Fiji from April-July 2016.
Results:
Exploratory factor analysis of 226 responses (77.4% response rate) to the COSCHN revealed 30 items loading on four factors: Community Initiative Promotion, Consensus Building for Community Needs and Activity Goal, Commitment towards Work and Community Members and Mutually Trusting Relationships with Community Members towards Empowerment. Confirmatory factor analysis with high-order factor modelling revealed a reasonable fit to the data. Cronbach's α values for the COSCHN and the four factors ranged from 0.78-0.94. Weak correlations were noted for concurrent validity, while known-groups validity and time stability were generally satisfactory.
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