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Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutics Scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2020

Hakime Aslan Open the ORCID record for Hakime Aslan [Opens in a new window] ,
Ümmühan Aktürk Open the ORCID record for Ümmühan Aktürk [Opens in a new window]  and
Behice Erci
Hakime Aslan*
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, School of Health, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Ümmühan Aktürk
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Nursing, School of Health, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Behice Erci
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Nursing, School of Health, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Turkey
*
Author for correspondence: Hakime Aslan, Department of Nursing, School of Health, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Turkey. E-mail: hakime.aslan@inonu.edu.tr
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Abstract

Objective

This study was conducted to evaluate the validity and reliability of the “Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutics Scale” in Turkish nurses.

Method

This study was a psychometric design. A convenience sample of 249 nurses working at the Malatya Training Research Hospital completed a structured questionnaire including demographic characteristics and the Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutics Scale (NSCTS) between August and October 2018. Principal components analysis, internal consistency reliability, and Cronbach's α were used to measure the psychometric properties of the items of the scale.

Results

In the evaluation of construct validity, identified one factor with eigenvalues greater than 1 explained 50.83% of the total variance. The Cronbach's α value of the scale is 0.86.

Significance of results

The present study provides evidence of NSCTS's validity, reliability, and acceptability. The scale can be used by Turkish nurses. This scale should be further evaluated with a larger sample in different regions in Turkey and various populations. The scale has potential applications for use both in research and as a screening tool in clinical settings.

Keywords

NursingReliabilitySpiritual careValidity

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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 707 - 712
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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