Turkish Adaptation of the Nurses' Perceptions of Electronic Documentation Scale

This study was conducted to test the reliability and validity of the Nurses' Perceptions of Electronic Documentation (NPED) scale on Turkish nurses.

A methodological study.

In the analysis, the scale's reliability was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, item-total score correlations, scale response bias and the test-retest method, in addition to descriptive statistics. Validity analyses were conducted through language validity, the content validity index, construct validity (Confirmatory Factor Analysis [CFA] and Exploratory Factor Analysis [EFA]) and known-groups validity.

For the 11-item NPED, item-total score correlations ranged between 0.27 and 0.68 (p < 0.01). EFA was conducted due to poor goodness-of-fit indices observed in the initial CFA. The EFA identified three subfactors; however, items 2 and 10 were distributed in subdimensions different from the original scale. After removing items 2 and 10, the scale demonstrated acceptable results in EFA. While α = 0.795 in the NPED, Factor 1 (α = 0.855), Factor 2 (α = 0.741) and Factor 3 (α = 0.767) measured 73.48% of the total variance. In the known-groups validity analysis, the scale successfully identified differences based on nurses' self-reported proficiency in computer use and their prior exposure to Electronic Health Records (EHRs) training, both of which were established as criteria.