Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P-NICS) for Patients with COVID-19
Pardis Rahmatpour,1 Hamid Sharif Nia,2 Erika Sivarajan Froelicher,3 Omolhoda Kaveh,4 Saeed Pahlevan Sharif,5 Behzad Taghipour6 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari,...
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| description | Pardis Rahmatpour,1 Hamid Sharif Nia,2 Erika Sivarajan Froelicher,3 Omolhoda Kaveh,4 Saeed Pahlevan Sharif,5 Behzad Taghipour6 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; 3School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4School of Nursing and Midwifery Sari, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; 5Taylor’s Business School, Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Malaysia; 6 Amol Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, IranCorrespondence: Hamid Sharif Nia Tel +989118951036Email h.sharifnia@mazums.ac.irBackground: Given the high incidence of coronavirus and the shortage of nurses in Iranian hospitals, nurses’ intention to care for patients with COVID-19 is important. The aim of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the nurses’ intention to care scale (NICS) by Iranian nurses who care for patients with COVID-19 in hospitals.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on nurses (n= 400) at public and private Mazandaran hospitals. An online questionnaire was used that consisted of two parts: demographic variables and NICS. The scale was translated into Persian first and then validated using both construct and content validity.Results: The findings from an exploratory factor analysis yielded six factors that explained 53.12% of the total variance of the NICS. The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the model had a good fit and the inter-item correlation values of the factors indicated good internal consistency.Conclusion: The Persian version of NICS in Iranian nurses had six factors. The results of our study add insight for nurse administrators and educators to further develop strategies to increase nurses’ intention by improving positive attitudes and reducing their negative beliefs.Keywords: COVID-19, intention, nursing care, reliability, theory of planned behavior, validity |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac796023730240e591f25192852f94c92022-12-21T23:52:53ZengDove Medical PressInternational Journal of General Medicine1178-70742020-08-01Volume 1351552256301Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P-NICS) for Patients with COVID-19Rahmatpour PSharif Nia HSivarajan Froelicher EKaveh OPahlevan Sharif STaghipour BPardis Rahmatpour,1 Hamid Sharif Nia,2 Erika Sivarajan Froelicher,3 Omolhoda Kaveh,4 Saeed Pahlevan Sharif,5 Behzad Taghipour6 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; 3School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4School of Nursing and Midwifery Sari, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; 5Taylor’s Business School, Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Malaysia; 6 Amol Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, IranCorrespondence: Hamid Sharif Nia Tel +989118951036Email h.sharifnia@mazums.ac.irBackground: Given the high incidence of coronavirus and the shortage of nurses in Iranian hospitals, nurses’ intention to care for patients with COVID-19 is important. The aim of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the nurses’ intention to care scale (NICS) by Iranian nurses who care for patients with COVID-19 in hospitals.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on nurses (n= 400) at public and private Mazandaran hospitals. An online questionnaire was used that consisted of two parts: demographic variables and NICS. The scale was translated into Persian first and then validated using both construct and content validity.Results: The findings from an exploratory factor analysis yielded six factors that explained 53.12% of the total variance of the NICS. The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the model had a good fit and the inter-item correlation values of the factors indicated good internal consistency.Conclusion: The Persian version of NICS in Iranian nurses had six factors. The results of our study add insight for nurse administrators and educators to further develop strategies to increase nurses’ intention by improving positive attitudes and reducing their negative beliefs.Keywords: COVID-19, intention, nursing care, reliability, theory of planned behavior, validityhttps://www.dovepress.com/psychometric-evaluation-of-persian-version-of-nursesrsquo-intention-to-peer-reviewed-article-IJGMcovid-19intentionnursing carereliabilitytheory of planned behaviorvalidity |
| spellingShingle | Rahmatpour P Sharif Nia H Sivarajan Froelicher E Kaveh O Pahlevan Sharif S Taghipour B Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P-NICS) for Patients with COVID-19 International Journal of General Medicine covid-19 intention nursing care reliability theory of planned behavior validity |
| title | Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P-NICS) for Patients with COVID-19 |
| title_full | Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P-NICS) for Patients with COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P-NICS) for Patients with COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P-NICS) for Patients with COVID-19 |
| title_short | Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P-NICS) for Patients with COVID-19 |
| title_sort | psychometric evaluation of persian version of nurses rsquo intention to care scale p nics for patients with covid 19 |
| topic | covid-19 intention nursing care reliability theory of planned behavior validity |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/psychometric-evaluation-of-persian-version-of-nursesrsquo-intention-to-peer-reviewed-article-IJGM |
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