Erratum to “The Scale on COmmunity care PErceptions (SCOPE) for nursing students: A development and psychometric validation study” [Nurse Educ. Pract. 31 July 2018 61–67]

Abstract Objectives To develop a self-report scale to measure academic motivation among nursing students and to test its psychometric properties. Methods a cross-sectional validation study with a convenience sample of nursing students (n=1,635) was performed. The Motivation Nursing Students Scale was developed; content, face, construct validity, hypothesis testing and reliability were evaluated. Results The validity structure revealed a four-factor solution and the model reached a satisfactory fit (χ2=622.835 df=160, p<0.01, CFI=0.90, TLT=0.83, RMSEA=0.060 (90% [CI] 0.055–0.064, p=0.001, SRMR=0.067). The hypothesis testing was confirmed with a positive correlation of the academic self-efficacy with Introjected, Intrinsic motivation and a negative correlation with Amotivation. Conclusions We verified a link between academic self-efficacy and motivation. Both motivation and self-efficacy may increase academic achievement and the possibility for HEIs to degrees a number of students in line with demands.

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Development and psychometric evaluation of the community care competency scale in multi‐ethnic undergraduate nursing students

Health & Social Care in the Community ◽

10.1111/hsc.12809 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Siew Tiang Lau ◽

Violeta Lopez ◽

Sok Ying Liaw ◽

Ying Lau

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Community Care ◽

Psychometric Evaluation ◽

Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽

Undergraduate Nursing

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Development and psychometric validation of a patient-reported outcome measure to assess fears in rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: the Fear Assessment in Inflammatory Rheumatic diseases (FAIR) questionnaire

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ◽

10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212000 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 77 (2) ◽

pp. 258-263 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Laure Gossec ◽

Pierre Chauvin ◽

Alain Saraux ◽

Christophe Hudry ◽

Gabrielle Cukierman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽

Disease Activity ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Validation Study ◽

Outcome Measure ◽

Axial Spondyloarthritis ◽

Psychometric Validation ◽

Routine Practice ◽

Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases ◽

Patient Reported

ObjectivesTo develop and validate an outcome measure for assessing fears in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).MethodsFears were identified in a qualitative study, and reformulated as assertions with which participants could rate their agreement (on a 0–10 numeric rating scale). A cross-sectional validation study was performed including patients diagnosed with RA or axSpA. Redundant items (correlation >0.65) were excluded. Internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) and factorial structure (principal component analysis) were assessed. Patients were classified into fear levels (cluster analysis). Associations between patient variables and fear levels were evaluated using multiple logistic regression.Results672 patients were included in the validation study (432 RA, 240 axSpA); most had moderate disease activity and were prescribed biologics. The final questionnaire included 10 questions with high internal consistency (α: 0.89) and a single dimension. Mean scores (±SD) were 51.2 (±25.4) in RA and 60.5 (±22.9) in axSpA. Groups of patients with high (17.2%), moderate (41.1%) and low (41.7%) fear scores were identified. High fear scores were associated with high Arthritis Helplessness Index scores (OR 6.85, 95% CI (3.95 to 11.87)); high Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale anxiety (OR 5.80, 95% CI (1.19 to 4.22)) and depression (OR 2.37, 95% CI (1.29 to 4.37)) scores; low education level (OR 3.48, 95% CI (1.37 to 8.83)); and high perceived disease activity (OR 2.36, 95% CI (1.10 to 5.04)).ConclusionsOverall, 17.2% of patients had high fear scores, although disease was often well controlled. High fear scores were associated with psychological distress. This questionnaire could be useful both in routine practice and clinical trials.

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