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Psychometric properties of the quality nursing care scale-turkish version: a methodological study
Anita Karaca1, Leyla Kaya2, Gizem Kaya3
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey. anitakaraca@hotmail.com.
Aim:
To analyze the psychometric properties of the Quality Nursing Care Scale in Turkish Language.
Background:
The quality of health services and nursing care effectively improves safe patient outcomes and reduces costs in healthcare organizations. There is a need for valid and reliable tools in order to use for evaluating the quality of nursing care.
Methods:
The methodological and cross-sectional study included 225 nurses working in a research and training hospital. Content validity, construct validity, item analysis, and internal consistency analysis were used.
Results:
The content validity index of the scale was 0.96. The item-total score correlation values of the items were 0.72 and higher. The factor loads of the items ranged from 0.42 to 0.90. Different from the original scale, Turkish form consisted of three sub-dimensions. The fit indices were acceptable or very good. The Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient was 0.99.
Conclusion:
The Quality Nursing Care Scale was valid and reliable with its three-factor structure in Turkish Language. It may be used for measuring the quality of care in the aspects of nurses.
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