The development and validation of the hospital organizational environment scale for medical staff in China
ObjectivesThere is currently no measure of the hospital organizational environment targeting both clinicians and nurses in China. This study was conducted with the aim of developing and testing an instrument to assess the properties of the hospital organizational environment that is applicable to Ch...
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| author | Yu Wang Jingwen Zhang Xingmiao Feng Yan Liang Zhongjun Guan Zhongjun Guan Kai Meng Kai Meng |
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| description | ObjectivesThere is currently no measure of the hospital organizational environment targeting both clinicians and nurses in China. This study was conducted with the aim of developing and testing an instrument to assess the properties of the hospital organizational environment that is applicable to Chinese medical staff.MethodsItems were developed based on a literature review, semi-structured interviews and an expert review and finalized based on corrected item-total correlation, content validity, construct validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity and reliability. The two samples for testing the first and final version of the Hospital Organizational Environment Scale (HOES) included 447 and 424 participants, respectively.ResultsThe primary test, which comprised 18 items, contained four factors: hospital culture, work situation, organizational support and scientific research situation. The Cronbach’s alphas were 0.935, 0.824, 0.943, and 0.920, respectively. The results of the validation test showed that the questionnaire had good validity and reliability.ConclusionThe HOES is a comprehensive instrument with demonstrated validity and reliability that can be adopted among medical staff to assess the organizational environment in hospitals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4c7caef2a554be7b475963e05d3132b2023-09-21T17:43:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-09-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.11183371118337The development and validation of the hospital organizational environment scale for medical staff in ChinaYu Wang0Jingwen Zhang1Xingmiao Feng2Yan Liang3Zhongjun Guan4Zhongjun Guan5Kai Meng6Kai Meng7School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaShunyi Hospital of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaObjectivesThere is currently no measure of the hospital organizational environment targeting both clinicians and nurses in China. This study was conducted with the aim of developing and testing an instrument to assess the properties of the hospital organizational environment that is applicable to Chinese medical staff.MethodsItems were developed based on a literature review, semi-structured interviews and an expert review and finalized based on corrected item-total correlation, content validity, construct validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity and reliability. The two samples for testing the first and final version of the Hospital Organizational Environment Scale (HOES) included 447 and 424 participants, respectively.ResultsThe primary test, which comprised 18 items, contained four factors: hospital culture, work situation, organizational support and scientific research situation. The Cronbach’s alphas were 0.935, 0.824, 0.943, and 0.920, respectively. The results of the validation test showed that the questionnaire had good validity and reliability.ConclusionThe HOES is a comprehensive instrument with demonstrated validity and reliability that can be adopted among medical staff to assess the organizational environment in hospitals.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1118337/fullmedical staffquestionnairedevelopmentvalidationorganizational environment |
| spellingShingle | Yu Wang Jingwen Zhang Xingmiao Feng Yan Liang Zhongjun Guan Zhongjun Guan Kai Meng Kai Meng The development and validation of the hospital organizational environment scale for medical staff in China Frontiers in Public Health medical staff questionnaire development validation organizational environment |
| title | The development and validation of the hospital organizational environment scale for medical staff in China |
| title_full | The development and validation of the hospital organizational environment scale for medical staff in China |
| title_fullStr | The development and validation of the hospital organizational environment scale for medical staff in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The development and validation of the hospital organizational environment scale for medical staff in China |
| title_short | The development and validation of the hospital organizational environment scale for medical staff in China |
| title_sort | development and validation of the hospital organizational environment scale for medical staff in china |
| topic | medical staff questionnaire development validation organizational environment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1118337/full |
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