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The Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Polish Version of the Expanded Nursing Stress Scale Tool
Natalia Pawlak1,2, Lena Serafin1, Bożena Czarkowska-Pączek1
1Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 27 Erazma Ciolka 27 Street, Warsaw 01-445, Poland.
Background:
Nursing is considered one of the most stressful occupational groups. Work-related stress is a major health risk for workers worldwide. Therefore, it is critical to continually monitor nurses' stress levels based on important aspects of nurses' work identified as stressors.
Methods:
A total of 331 nurses participated. The cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument was carried out based on six of the seven steps proposed: forward translation of ENSS, comparison of the two translated versions, blind back translation, comparison of the two back-translated versions of ENSS, pilot testing of the prefinal version of ENSS, and full-psychometric testing of the prefinal version of the translated instrument. The reliability of the scales was estimated using Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega internal consistency coefficients.
Results:
The results indicate that each of the distinguished subscales is unique, but at the same time, they are all related to each other as different dimensions of stress.
Conclusions:
The Polish version of the ENSS tool is a valid and reliable tool for assessing the level of stress experienced by nurses.
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