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Mehtap Akgün1, Selma Turan Kavradim1, İlkay Boz1
1Nursing Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Purpose:
To develop and examine the psychometric properties of the caring behaviors assessment tool-patient version-short form (CBAP-SF) based on Human Caring Theory to evaluate caring behaviors by patients.
Methods:
This methodological study was conducted with 400 patients. The data were analyzed with SPSS 23.0 and LISREL 8.80.
Findings:
It was found that the scale with 27 items had good fit indices. The Cronbach's α was 0.96 for the scale and 0.77-0.94 for the subdimensions. Also, the item-total score correlation of the scale was 0.531-0.847.
Practice Implications:
The CBAP-SF was a valid and reliable tool to evaluate caring behaviors by patients.
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