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- Title
Development of an Attitude Scale for Home Care.
- Authors
Duru, Pınar; Örsal, Özlem; Karadağ, Engin
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes about home care services and to develop a reliable and valid measurement tool. This methodological study was carried out on 290 students studying at a school of health. Mary Albrecht's nursing model for home health care, Jean Watson's theory of human caring, and Leslie Jean Neal's theory of home health nursing practice constituted the theoretical framework of the study. According to the results of the confirmatory factor analysis, obtained fit indices (χ²/df = 1.91, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] 5 .057, normed fit index [NFI] = .80, comparative fit index [CFI] = .89, goodness-of-fit index [GFI] = .85) showed that the proposed model is appropriate for the scale. The Attitude Scale for Home Care (ASHC) consists of 3 subdimensions and 29 items. Cronbach's alpha of the questionnaire was .93. Therefore, ASHC is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring attitudes about home care and can be used in selecting personnel to work in home care services.
- Subjects
TURKEY; ATTITUDE testing; CHI-squared test; CONCEPTUAL structures; STATISTICAL correlation; EXPERIMENTAL design; FACTOR analysis; GOODNESS-of-fit tests; HOME nursing; RESEARCH methodology; NURSING models; NURSING schools; RESEARCH evaluation; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STUDENT attitudes; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Research & Theory for Nursing Practice, 2015, Vol 29, Issue 4, p306
- ISSN
1541-6577
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/1541-6577.29.4.306