Refinement and Psychometric Reevaluation of the Instrument: Families’ Importance in Nursing Care–Nurses’ Attitudes

The instrument Families’ Importance in Nursing Care–Nurses’ Attitudes (FINC-NA) was developed to measure nurses’ attitudes toward the importance of families in nursing care. The low variations in item responses, which affect the discrimination ability and unstable internal consistency, have been con...

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Published in:Journal of family nursing 2011-08, Vol.17 (3), p.312-329
Main Authors: Saveman, Britt-Inger, Benzein, Eva G., Engström, Åsa H., Årestedt, Kristofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Chi-Square Distribution
Discrimination
Families & family life
family nursing
Female
Gender
Holistic nursing
Humans
instrument development
Male
MEDICIN
MEDICINE
Middle Aged
Normal distribution
Nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nurses’ attitudes
Nursing
Nursing care
Omvårdnad
Perceptions
Professional-Family Relations
Psychometrics
Quantitative analysis
Quantitative psychology
Regression Analysis
Reliability
Reproducibility of Results
Research methodology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Variability
Variables
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Summary:The instrument Families’ Importance in Nursing Care–Nurses’ Attitudes (FINC-NA) was developed to measure nurses’ attitudes toward the importance of families in nursing care. The low variations in item responses, which affect the discrimination ability and unstable internal consistency, have been considered as limitations. The aim of this study was to refine and revalidate FINC-NA regarding score distribution, homogeneity, dimensionality, differential item functioning for gender, stability, and internal consistency. There were 246 registered nurses studying at advanced levels who answered the revised FINC-NA. The FINC-NA had five response alternatives. The findings showed that although some subscales still deviated from a normal distribution, the variability of the scores and the homogeneity was improved. In addition, the dimensionality was reproduced and minor problems with differential item functioning for gender were detected. All FINC-NA scales showed good reliability. The results allow the use of the revised FINC-NA in studies where an assessment of nurses’ attitudes toward families’ importance in nursing care is desired.
ISSN:1074-8407
1552-549X
1552-549X
DOI:10.1177/1074840711415074