Development and validation of the medical professionals resilience scale

Abstract Purpose Most of the resilience scales were developed for the non-medical population, therefore the purpose of this study was developing and validating a resilience scale for medical professionals – namely Medical Professionals Resilience Scale (MeRS). Methods A questionnaire development and validation study was conducted. The resilience domains and items were identified and generated through a literature review. The content validation was carried out by content experts and the content validity index (CVI) was calculated. The face validation was performed by medical officers and the face validity index (FVI) was calculated. The final MeRS was administered to 167 medical officers, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and reliability analysis were performed to assess MeRS’s factorial structure and internal consistency. Results Four domains with 89 items of medical professionals’ resilience were developed. Following that, the content and face validation was conducted, and a total of 41-items remained for construct validation. EFA extracted four factors, namely growth, control, involvement, and resourceful, with a total of 37 items. The items’ CVI and FVI values were more than 0.80. The final MeRS’s items had factor loading values ranged from 0.41 to 0.76, and the Cronbach’s alpha values of the resilience domains ranged from 0.72 to 0.89. Conclusions MeRS is a promising scale for measuring medical professionals’ resilience as it showed good psychometric properties. This study provided validity evidence in terms of content, response process, and internal structure that supported the validity of MeRS in the measurement of resilience domains among medical professionals.

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Development and Validation of the Medical Professionals Resilience Scale

10.21203/rs.3.rs-154203/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mardhati Ab Rahman ◽

Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff ◽

Nurhanis Syazni Roslan ◽

Jamilah Al-Muhammady Mohammad ◽

Anisa Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Growth Control ◽

Questionnaire Development ◽

Factor Loading ◽

Face Validity ◽

Medical Professionals ◽

Validity Index ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

The Face ◽

Development And Validation ◽

Face Validation

Abstract Purpose: Most of the resilience scales were developed for the non-medical population, therefore the purpose of this study was developing and validating a resilience scale for medical professionals – namely Medical Professionals Resilience Scale (MeRS).Methods: A questionnaire development and validation study was conducted. The resilience domains and items were identified and generated through a literature review. The content validation was carried out by content experts and the content validity index (CVI) was calculated. The face validation was performed by medical officers and the face validity index (FVI) was calculated. The final MeRS was administered to 167 medical officers, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and reliability analysis were performed to assess MeRS’s factorial structure and internal consistency. Results: Four domains with 89 items of medical professionals’ resilience were developed. Following that, the content and face validation was conducted, and a total of 41-items remained for construct validation. EFA extracted four factors, namely growth, control, involvement, and resourceful, with a total of 37 items. The items’ CVI and FVI values were more than 0.80. The final MeRS’s items had factor loading values ranged from 0.41 to 0.76, and the Cronbach’s alpha values of the resilience domains ranged from 0.72 to 0.89. Conclusion: MeRS is a promising scale for measuring medical professionals’ resilience as it showed good psychometric properties. This study provided validity evidence in terms of content, response process, and internal structure that supported the validity of MeRS in the measurement of resilience domains among medical professionals.

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Spanish Version of the System Usability Scale for the Assessment of Electronic Tools: Development and Validation

JMIR Human Factors ◽

10.2196/21161 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. e21161

Author(s):

Magdalena Del Rocio Sevilla-Gonzalez ◽

Lizbeth Moreno Loaeza ◽

Laura Sofia Lazaro-Carrera ◽

Brigette Bourguet Ramirez ◽

Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mobile App ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Face Validity ◽

Electronic Systems ◽

Validity Index ◽

Clinical Counseling ◽

System Usability Scale ◽

System Usability ◽

The Face ◽

Development And Validation

Background The System Usability Scale (SUS) is a common metric used to assess the usability of a system, and it was initially developed in English. The implementation of electronic systems for clinical counseling (eHealth and mobile health) is increasing worldwide. Therefore, tools are needed to evaluate these applications in the languages and regional contexts in which the electronic tools are developed. Objective This study aims to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the original English version of the SUS into a Spanish version. Methods The translation process included forward and backward translation. Forward translations were made by 2 native Spanish speakers who spoke English as their second language, and a backward translation was made by a native English speaker. The Spanish SUS questionnaire was validated by 10 experts in mobile app development. The face validity of the questionnaire was tested with 10 mobile phone users, and the reliability testing was conducted among 88 electronic application users. Results The content validity index of the new Spanish SUS was good, as indicated by a rating of 0.92 for the relevance of the items. The questionnaire was easy to understand, based on a face validity index of 0.94. The Cronbach α was .812 (95% CI 0.748-0.866; P<.001). Conclusions The new Spanish SUS questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool to assess the usability of electronic tools among Spanish-speaking users.

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Spanish Version of the System Usability Scale for the Assessment of Electronic Tools: Development and Validation (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.21161 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Magdalena Del Rocio Sevilla-Gonzalez ◽

Lizbeth Moreno Loaeza ◽

Laura Sofia Lazaro-Carrera ◽

Brigette Bourguet Ramirez ◽

Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mobile App ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Face Validity ◽

Electronic Systems ◽

Validity Index ◽

Clinical Counseling ◽

System Usability Scale ◽

System Usability ◽

The Face ◽

Development And Validation

BACKGROUND The System Usability Scale (SUS) is a common metric used to assess the usability of a system, and it was initially developed in English. The implementation of electronic systems for clinical counseling (eHealth and mobile health) is increasing worldwide. Therefore, tools are needed to evaluate these applications in the languages and regional contexts in which the electronic tools are developed. OBJECTIVE This study aims to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the original English version of the SUS into a Spanish version. METHODS The translation process included forward and backward translation. Forward translations were made by 2 native Spanish speakers who spoke English as their second language, and a backward translation was made by a native English speaker. The Spanish SUS questionnaire was validated by 10 experts in mobile app development. The face validity of the questionnaire was tested with 10 mobile phone users, and the reliability testing was conducted among 88 electronic application users. RESULTS The content validity index of the new Spanish SUS was good, as indicated by a rating of 0.92 for the relevance of the items. The questionnaire was easy to understand, based on a face validity index of 0.94. The Cronbach α was .812 (95% CI 0.748-0.866; <i>P</i><.001). CONCLUSIONS The new Spanish SUS questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool to assess the usability of electronic tools among Spanish-speaking users.

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Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) into the Malay Language

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16112054 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (11) ◽

pp. 2054 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ahmad Badruridzwanullah Zun ◽

Mohd Ismail Ibrahim ◽

Ariffin Marzuki Mokhtar ◽

Ahmad Sukari Halim ◽

Wan Nor Arifin Wan Mansor

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Providers ◽

The United States ◽

Patient Perceptions ◽

Face Validity ◽

System Quality ◽

Validity Index ◽

Hospital Consumer Assessment ◽

Discharged Patients ◽

Consumer Assessment ◽

Face Validation

Background: Patient feedback is an important tool in assessing health system quality. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) was developed in 2006 as a standardized instrument to assess patient perceptions in the United States of America. This study aimed to translate and validate the HCAHPS questionnaire into the Malay language in order to assess patient perceptions of health services in Malaysia. Methods: The original HCAPHS in English was translated into Malay based on the established guideline. The content validation involved an expert panel of 10 members, including patients. The face validation pilot testing of the HCAHPS-Malay version was conducted among 10 discharged patients. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) used principal axis factor, and varimax rotation was established based on a cross-sectional study conducted among 200 discharged patients from Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM). Results: The overall content validity index was 0.87, and the universal face validity index was 0.82. From the EFA, the factor loading value ranged from 0.652 to 0.961 within nine domains. The internal consistency reliability with Cronbach’s alpha was 0.844. Conclusion: The HCAHPS-Malay is a reliable and valid tool to determine patients’ perception of healthcare services among inpatients in Hospital USM based on the content and face validation result together with a good construct validity and excellent absolute reliability. Further testing on HCAHPS-Malay version in other settings in Malaysia needs to be done for cross-validation.

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Development and Validation of a Modified Version of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale in a Flemish Palliative Care Population

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® ◽

10.1177/1049909111400724 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 28 (7) ◽

pp. 475-482 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Patricia Claessens ◽

Johan Menten ◽

Paul Schotsmans ◽

Bert Broeckaert

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Symptom Assessment ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Face Validity ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale ◽

The Face ◽

Palliative Care Units ◽

Symptom Assessment Scale ◽

Development And Validation

Palliative cancer patients are faced with multiple symptoms that threaten their quality of life. To manage these symptoms, a reliable and valid way of registration is crucial. In this study, the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) has been translated, modified, and tested on content, face, criterion, construct validity, and internal consistency for patients admitted to Flemish palliative care units. These aspects are tested in a descriptive, comparative, longitudinal study based on 3 convenience samples. The first consisted of 8 palliative care experts. The second sample checked the face validity and consisted of 4 patients, 5 family members, and 5 nurses. The last sample involved 23 patients admitted to 3 Flemish palliative care units. Heedful of the “new-wave” vision on validity, the translated and altered ESAS seemed a suitable instrument for the symptom assessment of patients with cancer admitted to a palliative care unit.

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Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Malay Version of the System Usability Scale Questionnaire for the Assessment of Mobile Apps (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.10308 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Muhamad Fadhil Mohamad Marzuki ◽

Nor Azwany Yaacob ◽

Najib Majdi Yaacob

Keyword(s):

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Mobile Apps ◽

Mobile App ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Face Validity ◽

Validity Index ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽

System Usability Scale ◽

System Usability ◽

The Face

BACKGROUND A mobile app is a programmed system designed to be used by a target user on a mobile device. The usability of such a system refers not only to the extent to which product can be used to achieve the task that it was designed for, but also its effectiveness and efficiency, as well as user satisfaction. The System Usability Scale is one of the most commonly used questionnaires used to assess the usability of a system. The original 10-item version of System Usability Scale was developed in English and thus needs to be adapted into local languages to assess the usability of a mobile apps developed in other languages. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to translate and validate (with cross-cultural adaptation) the English System Usability Scale questionnaire into Malay, the main language spoken in Malaysia. The development of a translated version will allow the usability of mobile apps to be assessed in Malay. METHODS Forward and backward translation of the questionnaire was conducted by groups of Malay native speakers who spoke English as their second language. The final version was obtained after reconciliation and cross-cultural adaptation. The content of the Malay System Usability Scale questionnaire for mobile apps was validated by 10 experts in mobile app development. The efficacy of the questionnaire was further probed by testing the face validity on 10 mobile phone users, followed by reliability testing involving 54 mobile phone users. RESULTS The content validity index was determined to be 0.91, indicating good relevancy of the 10 items used to assess the usability of a mobile app. Calculation of the face validity index resulted in a value of 0.94, therefore indicating that the questionnaire was easily understood by the users. Reliability testing showed a Cronbach alpha value of .85 (95% CI 0.79-0.91) indicating that the translated System Usability Scale questionnaire is a reliable tool for the assessment of usability of a mobile app. CONCLUSIONS The Malay System Usability Scale questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool to assess the usability of mobile app in Malaysia.

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Development and Validation of a Novel Surgical Simulation for Parotidectomy and Facial Nerve Dissection

Otolaryngology ◽

10.1177/0194599820913587 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 163 (2) ◽

pp. 344-347

Author(s):

Fanny Gabrysz-Forget ◽

Samuel Rubin ◽

Dmitry Nepomnayshy ◽

Robert Dolan ◽

Bharat Yarlagadda

Keyword(s):

Facial Nerve ◽

Surgical Simulation ◽

Copper Wire ◽

Low Cost ◽

Face Validity ◽

Training Tool ◽

Parotid Surgery ◽

The Face ◽

Development And Validation ◽

Novel Model

We present the development and validation of a low-cost novel model for training of parotid surgery. The model consists of a 3-dimensionally printed skeleton, silicone-based soft tissue, and facial nerve replicated with copper wire, circuited to indicate contact with instruments. The face validity of the simulator was evaluated with a 21-item 5-point Likert survey. Content validity was evaluated through a survey completed by the trainees after their first live parotidectomy following the simulation. Twelve residents and 6 faculty completed the simulated procedure of superficial parotidectomy after watching a video demonstration. Completion of 16 surgical steps evaluated by this model was graded for each participant. The mean ± SD total assessment score for faculty was 15.83 ± 0.41, as compared with 13.33 ± 2.06 for residents ( P = .0081). The simulator as a training tool was well received by both faculty and residents (5 vs 4, P = .0206). Participants strongly agreed that junior residents would benefits from use of the model.

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The Development of the Text Evaluation Scale for Child Rights: A Study of Validity and Reliability

World Journal of Education ◽

10.5430/wje.v8n5p139 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 139

Author(s):

Yusuf Söylemez

Keyword(s):

Construct Validity ◽

Content Validity ◽

Sample Selection ◽

Factor Loading ◽

Face Validity ◽

Main Study ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Child Rights ◽

Cronbach Alpha ◽

The Face

This study was conducted with the aim of developing The Text Evaluation Scale for Child Rights. There are fourdifferent sample chosen for the face validity, content validity and construct validity (for pilot scheme and main study)of the study. For face validity, a sample group of 3 experts chosen with the method of purposeful sampling includingthe researcher was formed. For content validity, snowball method was determined and studied with 12 experts. Forthe study of construct validity, random sampling method was performed for the sample selection in pilot studyinvolving 120 people and in main study involving 510 people.The theoretical framework of the scale was determined by means of the attempts, conventions, studies regarding thesubject basing upon the United Nations Organization Child Rights Convention and additional protocols to thisconvention. One could get minimum 40 and maximum 200 points from the five-point Likert scale which consists of28 positive and 12 negative (total 40) items. The scale has two sub-dimensions which are content and author. Thefact that Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient is high regarding the sub-dimensions of the scale (authorsub-dimension= 0,822 content sub-dimension= 0,834) shows that the items in the sub-dimensions are consistent withone another. Cronbach Alpha value for the whole of the scale was determined as 0,90 which means that the scale ishighly reliable. Besides, in the scale, there are items of which factor loading value is higher than 0,45. When validityand reliability results are examined, it can be seen that the scale could be utilized to evaluate the text in terms ofbeing suitable for the child rights.

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The Development of the Widowhood Resilience Scale

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.1177/0030222819873489 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 003022281987348

Author(s):

Carrie L. West ◽

Samuel J. Dreeben ◽

Kyle Busing

Keyword(s):

Face Validity ◽

Adaptive Responses ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

Conjugal Loss ◽

Qualitative Responses ◽

Development And Validation ◽

Item Scale

Widowhood researchers have been increasingly interested in the construct of resilience and identifying factors which contribute to adaptive responses to conjugal loss. Available measures of general resilience were validated on nonwidowed samples and broadly lack face validity for use with widowed people. This article reports the development and validation of a resilience scale specific to widowhood, the Widowhood Resilience Scale. Initially, qualitative responses from 744 widowed people were analyzed and cross-referenced with existing literature on resilience to develop 49 items. The 49 items were tested on a sample of 1,188 widowed people, resulting in a 6-factor, 25-item scale.

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Establishing Face and Content Validity of a Survey to Assess Users’ Perceptions of Automated Vehicles

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.1177/0361198120930225 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2674 (9) ◽

pp. 538-547

Author(s):

Justin Mason ◽

Sherrilene Classen ◽

James Wersal ◽

Virginia P. Sisiopiku

Keyword(s):

Technology Acceptance ◽

Content Validity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Face Validity ◽

Automated Vehicles ◽

Validity Index ◽

Adoption Of Technology ◽

Content Validity Index ◽

Technology Acceptance Models ◽

The Face

Fully automated vehicles hold promise for providing numerous societal benefits, including drastically reducing road fatalities. However, we know little about the adoption practices of individuals related to automated vehicles. To assess transportation users’ perceptions of automated vehicles, a 40-item survey was designed using guidance from several technology acceptance models. A focus group was used to assess face validity to ensure the items appeared credible and understandable to the layperson. Seven subject-matter experts rated items for their relevance to provide a content validity index for each item and for the overall survey. The final scale had a scale content validity index rating of 1.00, with 32 of 32 items rated greater than or equal to 0.86 and a scale content validity index of 0.96 (mean content validity index of all items), indicating acceptable content validity. The approach adopted in this study ensured the face and content validity of the survey and enhanced the items’ relevance, concision, and clarity. Future validation is required to assess scale reliability and validity. The paper provides an overview of models used for determining acceptance and adoption of technology and describes in detail the methodology used to establish face and content validity of the questionnaire survey developed for assessing adults’ perceptions of automated vehicles.

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