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The Turkish version of the Patient Safety Competency Self-Evaluation Tool: A validity and reliability study
Gulcan Taskiran Eskici1, Merve Kanig2, Esra Ugur2
1Department of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Nurse Education in Practice
|October 21, 2021
Summary
The Turkish Patient Safety Competency Self-Evaluation Tool is a valid and reliable measure for assessing nursing students' patient safety knowledge, skills, and attitudes. This validated tool supports curriculum review and enhances nursing education quality.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Patient Safety Research
- Health Professions Education
Background:
- Effective nursing education requires cultivating professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes, particularly in patient safety.
- Addressing patient safety challenges is crucial for improving the quality of nursing education.
- A validated instrument is necessary to assess nursing students' patient safety competencies and inform curriculum development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Patient Safety Competency Self-Evaluation Tool.
- To assess the patient safety competencies of nursing students in Turkey.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional validation study was conducted with 417 third and fourth-year nursing students from two Istanbul universities.
- The Turkish version of the Patient Safety Competency Self-Evaluation Tool was administered.
- Content validity, construct validity, stability, and reliability were assessed using SPSS and AMOS.
Main Results:
- The Turkish version demonstrated strong validity, with a Scope Validity Index of 0.97.
- Confirmatory factor analysis supported the original scale structure, with good model fit indices (χ2/df=2.38, RMSEA=0.06, CFI=0.91).
- The tool exhibited high reliability, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.941 for the total scale.
Conclusions:
- The Turkish version of the Patient Safety Competency Self-Evaluation Tool is a valid and reliable instrument.
- This tool can effectively measure the patient safety competencies of nursing students in Turkey.
- Findings support the use of this tool for evaluating and enhancing patient safety education in nursing programs.
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