Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Nurses' Perceived Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Motor Function Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia
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Published on: January 7, 2019
Yajie Shi1, Shufang Shi1, Jiangyan Ren1
1Department of Nursing, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, China.
Purpose:
To develop a questionnaire to measure nurses' perceived knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to motor function rehabilitation in stroke patients with hemiplegia (MFRSPH-PKAP-Q), and to evaluate its reliability and validity.
Methods:
This study was conducted in four phases: (1) creating a pool of potential items; (2) developing the preliminary scale using a Delphi survey; (3) conducting item reduction to refine the scale; and (4) testing the validity and reliability of the final scale.
Results:
The questionnaire comprises 45 items. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed a three-factor model, explaining 55.8% of the variance, which encompassed perceived knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) affirmed the suitability of this three-factor model for the data. Additionally, assessments of content validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity all yielded favorable results. The Cronbach's α coefficient, split-half reliability, and test-retest reliability of the entire questionnaire were .94, .91, and .92, respectively.
Conclusions:
The MFRSPH-PKAP-Q has been demonstrated to be both valid and reliable, and is therefore recommended for use in clinical practice.
