Including personal boundaries scale: development and psychometric properties of a measurement for nurses' self-efficacy toward intimate and sexual behavior in dementia care
BackgroundPerson-centered nursing home care recognizes the intimate and sexual needs of residents with dementia but lacks guidance for nurses to address them while effectively respecting their personal boundaries. The Including Personal Boundaries (IPB) scale was developed to complement clinical and...
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| description | BackgroundPerson-centered nursing home care recognizes the intimate and sexual needs of residents with dementia but lacks guidance for nurses to address them while effectively respecting their personal boundaries. The Including Personal Boundaries (IPB) scale was developed to complement clinical and scientific efforts to support both nurse and resident wellbeing.MethodsThrough a co-creative process, theoretical principles, day-to-day experiences, and expert knowledge were integrated into an initial nineteen-item version of the IPB scale. The pilot sample comprised 297 Dutch (vocational) nurses in dementia nursing care.ResultsAfter Principal Component Analysis, nine items with strong factor loadings (>0.6) were retained. Internal reliability measures supported the item selection, such as high internal consistency (α = 0.866) and adequate corrected item-total correlations (0.532–0.781).ConclusionThe presented IPB scale, a nine-item scale, is a short, robust measure to assess nurses' self-efficacy in their capabilities to include personal boundaries (physical and emotional) when confronted with the intimate and sexual behaviors of residents with dementia. Further validation is recommended. The IPB scale could provide valuable insights for research, clinical practice, and education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ec59012b5f14b8c9c0ddae233caff872024-02-23T04:18:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Dementia2813-39192024-02-01310.3389/frdem.2024.13044381304438Including personal boundaries scale: development and psychometric properties of a measurement for nurses' self-efficacy toward intimate and sexual behavior in dementia careKarien Waterschoot0Tineke S. M. Roelofs1Tineke S. M. Roelofs2Arno van Dam3Arno van Dam4Katrien G. Luijkx5Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Welfare, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, NetherlandsTranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Welfare, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, NetherlandsPsychogeriatric Psychology, Archipel Zorggroep Care Institute, Eindhoven, NetherlandsTranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Welfare, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, NetherlandsResearch and Innovation, GGZ WNB Mental Health Institute, Halsteren, NetherlandsTranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Welfare, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, NetherlandsBackgroundPerson-centered nursing home care recognizes the intimate and sexual needs of residents with dementia but lacks guidance for nurses to address them while effectively respecting their personal boundaries. The Including Personal Boundaries (IPB) scale was developed to complement clinical and scientific efforts to support both nurse and resident wellbeing.MethodsThrough a co-creative process, theoretical principles, day-to-day experiences, and expert knowledge were integrated into an initial nineteen-item version of the IPB scale. The pilot sample comprised 297 Dutch (vocational) nurses in dementia nursing care.ResultsAfter Principal Component Analysis, nine items with strong factor loadings (>0.6) were retained. Internal reliability measures supported the item selection, such as high internal consistency (α = 0.866) and adequate corrected item-total correlations (0.532–0.781).ConclusionThe presented IPB scale, a nine-item scale, is a short, robust measure to assess nurses' self-efficacy in their capabilities to include personal boundaries (physical and emotional) when confronted with the intimate and sexual behaviors of residents with dementia. Further validation is recommended. The IPB scale could provide valuable insights for research, clinical practice, and education.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frdem.2024.1304438/fullscalenursespersonal boundariesdementiaintimacysexuality |
| spellingShingle | Karien Waterschoot Tineke S. M. Roelofs Tineke S. M. Roelofs Arno van Dam Arno van Dam Katrien G. Luijkx Including personal boundaries scale: development and psychometric properties of a measurement for nurses' self-efficacy toward intimate and sexual behavior in dementia care Frontiers in Dementia scale nurses personal boundaries dementia intimacy sexuality |
| title | Including personal boundaries scale: development and psychometric properties of a measurement for nurses' self-efficacy toward intimate and sexual behavior in dementia care |
| title_full | Including personal boundaries scale: development and psychometric properties of a measurement for nurses' self-efficacy toward intimate and sexual behavior in dementia care |
| title_fullStr | Including personal boundaries scale: development and psychometric properties of a measurement for nurses' self-efficacy toward intimate and sexual behavior in dementia care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Including personal boundaries scale: development and psychometric properties of a measurement for nurses' self-efficacy toward intimate and sexual behavior in dementia care |
| title_short | Including personal boundaries scale: development and psychometric properties of a measurement for nurses' self-efficacy toward intimate and sexual behavior in dementia care |
| title_sort | including personal boundaries scale development and psychometric properties of a measurement for nurses self efficacy toward intimate and sexual behavior in dementia care |
| topic | scale nurses personal boundaries dementia intimacy sexuality |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frdem.2024.1304438/full |
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