Nurses’ Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Informal Caregiver Training Scale: A Psychometric Study
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https://doi.org/10.12707/RVI25.27.40674Keywords:
caregivers, nurses, behavior rating scale, psychometricsAbstract
Background: As key agents in promoting safe care transitions, nurses occupy a central role in the training of informal caregivers.
Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the “Nurses’ Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Informal Caregiver Training” scale.
Methodology: A psychometric study was conducted using exploratory factor analysis of the “Nurses’ Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Informal Caregiver Training” scale, applied to a non-probability sample of 117 nurses from a local health unit in central Portugal.
Results: Factor analysis identified three factors within each subscale “Attitudes” and “Behaviors”. The overall Cronbach’s alpha for the “Attitudes” subscale indicated good internal consistency (0.828), although the second and third factors presented lower values (0.686 and 0.542, respectively). The “Behaviors” subscale demonstrated good reliability overall.
Conclusion: Despite satisfactory overall reliability, these results should be interpreted within the context of an instrument under development and in its initial application. Further research with larger and more diverse samples is recommended to strengthen the psychometric robustness of the scale.
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