Development and Validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS)
(1) Background: In response to the impact of religious intervention on health outcomes and the importance of documenting how nurses experience the spiritual need of 392 hospitalized patients, it is vital to provide the nursing profession with instruments to evaluate these spiritual aspects. This stu...
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| description | (1) Background: In response to the impact of religious intervention on health outcomes and the importance of documenting how nurses experience the spiritual need of 392 hospitalized patients, it is vital to provide the nursing profession with instruments to evaluate these spiritual aspects. This study describes the development and validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS); (2) Methods: A two-step design was used for NCRDS translation and psychometric validation. The tool design was developed in the first step, while the psychometric characteristics were tested in the second step. An inductive study was conducted to test the validity and reliability of the NCRDS tool. The overall sample consisted of 317 nurses; (3) Results: The final instrument comprised 25 items in five dimensions. The construct validity indicated five dimensions. The face and content validity were adequate. Test-retest reliability displayed good stability, and internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) was acceptable (0.83); (4) Conclusions: Initial testing of the NCRDS suggested that it is a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate individuals in religious diversity, with five dimensions for evaluating the meaning of spirituality and individual belief, the religious healthcare environment, educational adequacy, spiritual and religious needs, and religious plurality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25450247960049059429adc35c9edb902023-11-18T16:35:34ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322023-06-011113182110.3390/healthcare11131821Development and Validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS)Carla Murgia0Alessandro Stievano1Gennaro Rocco2Ippolito Notarnicola3Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, ItalyCentre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, OPI, 00136 Rome, ItalyCentre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, OPI, 00136 Rome, ItalyCentre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, OPI, 00136 Rome, Italy(1) Background: In response to the impact of religious intervention on health outcomes and the importance of documenting how nurses experience the spiritual need of 392 hospitalized patients, it is vital to provide the nursing profession with instruments to evaluate these spiritual aspects. This study describes the development and validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS); (2) Methods: A two-step design was used for NCRDS translation and psychometric validation. The tool design was developed in the first step, while the psychometric characteristics were tested in the second step. An inductive study was conducted to test the validity and reliability of the NCRDS tool. The overall sample consisted of 317 nurses; (3) Results: The final instrument comprised 25 items in five dimensions. The construct validity indicated five dimensions. The face and content validity were adequate. Test-retest reliability displayed good stability, and internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) was acceptable (0.83); (4) Conclusions: Initial testing of the NCRDS suggested that it is a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate individuals in religious diversity, with five dimensions for evaluating the meaning of spirituality and individual belief, the religious healthcare environment, educational adequacy, spiritual and religious needs, and religious plurality.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/13/1821Confirmatory factor analysisexploratory factor analysislinguistic validationnursing carereligious diversityspirituality |
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| title | Development and Validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS) |
| title_full | Development and Validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS) |
| title_fullStr | Development and Validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS) |
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| title_short | Development and Validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS) |
| title_sort | development and validation of the nursing care and religious diversity scale ncrds |
| topic | Confirmatory factor analysis exploratory factor analysis linguistic validation nursing care religious diversity spirituality |
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