scholarly journals Evaluation of the Persian Version of Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey among Iranian Nurses: Validity and Reliability

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e995
Author(s):  
Saba Moalemi ◽  
Zahra Kavoosi ◽  
Najimeh Beygi ◽  
Azizallah Deghan ◽  
Aliasghar Karimi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Care System

Background: Nursing is a critical job in the health care system. However, nurses suffering from poor job conditions suffer from job dissatisfaction, eventually causing burnout. This is a very important concern for the health care system because the turnover of nurses leads to a waste of money and time of this system. Therefore, nurse managers need to find a way to measure and reduce the burnout. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) is a famous inventory to measure the job burnout in human services. This study aimed to measure the validity and reliability of the Persian version of MBI-HSS. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in two hospitals of Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fars Province, Iran, in July 2017. Nurses participated with their own discretion in this study and filled the MBI-HSS themselves. The questionnaire consisted of 22 items comprising three dimensions. Exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach’s  alpha were performed in this study using Stata software, version 12. Results: Overall, 200 nurses were included in this study, with a mean age of 29.48 ± 6 years. The result of the exploratory factor analysis showed that the weight of each item in its own dimension was greater than 0.4 or another dimension. Also, the Cronbach’s alpha for 3 dimensions was greater than 0.7. Conclusions:  Our study showed that the Persian version of MBI-HSS has sufficient validity and reliability, similar to that of the original version, for the measurement of burnout in Persian speakers of human services workers.[GMJ.2018;7:e995]

Development, validity and reliability testing the Swedish Ethical Climate Questionnaire

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 2482-2493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catarina Fischer Grönlund ◽  
Anna Söderberg ◽  
Vera Dahlqvist ◽  
Lars Andersson ◽  
Ulf Isaksson
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Parallel Analysis ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Professional Perspective ◽  
Ethical Climate Questionnaire

Background: An ethical climate has been described as a working climate embracing shared perceptions about morally correct behaviour concerning ethical issues. Various ethical climate questionnaires have been developed and validated for different contexts, but no questionnaire has been found concerning the ethical climate from an inter-professional perspective in a healthcare context. The Swedish Ethical Climate Questionnaire, based on Habermas’ four requirements for a democratic dialogue, attempts to assess and measure the ethical climate at various inter-professional workplaces. This study aimed to present the construction of and to test the psychometric properties of the Swedish Ethical Climate Questionnaire. Method: An expert group of six researchers, skilled in ethics, evaluated the content validity. The questionnaire was tested among 355 healthcare workers at three hospitals in Sweden. A parallel analysis (PA), an exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were performed. Ethical considerations: The participants included in the psychometric analysis were informed about the study, asked to participate in person and informed that they could withdraw at any time without giving any reason. They were also assured of confidentiality in the reporting of the results. Findings: The parallel analysis (PA) recommended one factor as a solution. The initial exploratory factor analysis with a four-factor solution showed low concordance with a four-factor model. Cronbach’s alpha varied from 0.75 to 0.82; however, since two factors only consisted of one item, alpha could not be reported. Cronbach’s alpha for the entire scale showed good homogeneity (α = 0.86). A confirmatory factory analysis was carried out based on the four requirements and showed a goodness-of-fit after deleting two items. After deletion of these items, Cronbach’s alpha was 0.82. Discussion: Based on the exploratory factor analysis, we suggest that the scale should be treated as a one-factor model. The result indicates that the instrument is unidimensional and assesses ethical climate as a whole. Conclusion: After testing the Swedish Ethical Climate Questionnaire, we found support for the validity and reliability of the instrument. We found the 10-item version of Swedish Ethical Climate Questionnaire satisfactory. However, we found no support for measuring different dimensions and, therefore, this instrument should be seen as assessing ethical climate as of whole.

DIMENSIONAL VALIDITY OF THE INVENTORY OF ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN THE CONTEXT OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deisy Vital dos Santos ◽  
Kátia Santana Freitas ◽  
Darci de Oliveira Santa Rosa ◽  
Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone Zoboli ◽  
Juliana de Oliveira Freitas Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Primary Health

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the dimensional validity and reliability of the Inventory of Ethical Problems in Primary Health Care adapted to the children's health context. Method: a cross-sectional study with 101 nurses from the Family Health Strategy Units in a city of the Brazilian Northeast region. Data collection was carried out between May 2016 and June 2017. Construct validity was assessed by means of exploratory factor analysis and reliability by verifying internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Results: the factor analysis revealed the multidimensionality of the Inventory of Ethical Problems in Primary Health Care-Children's Health. It consisted of 19 items, distributed into 4 factors: Factor 1 - Organization of the health system; Factor 2 - Professional Ethics; Factor 3 - Teamwork; and Factor 4 - Parents (or guardians) autonomy expression. Overall internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha and for the factors was moderate to satisfactory. Conclusion: factor analysis revealed that the inventory has a multidimensional structure with 4 factors. The study showed evidence of validity and reliability that recommends the application of the IPE-APS to the context of children's health.

scholarly journals Persian version of the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF): a cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehri Ansariniaki ◽  
Minoor Lamyian ◽  
Fazlollah Ahmadi ◽  
Abbas Rahimi Foroushani ◽  
Carolann L. Curry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Maternal Functioning ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Persian Version

Abstract Background Postpartum maternal functioning has the potential to affect the quality of interaction between mother and child. A proper assessment of maternal functioning requires a comprehensive and accurate tool. The objective of this study was to prepare a Persian version of the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF) and evaluate its psychometric properties in order to determine its applicability in Iranian mothers. Methods The BIMF was translated into Persian and then culturally adapted for Iranian women. After evaluating face and content validity, to perform factor analysis, a cross-sectional study was conducted using the Persian version of BIMF. The data was collected from two unique groups of 250 mothers (in all 500 mothers) who had infants 2 to 12-months old and who were selected using a two-stage cluster sampling method. Factor analysis, Pearson’s correlation, intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC), composite reliability (CR) and Cronbach’s alpha were employed in order to evaluate structural validity and reliability. Results Exploratory factor analysis resulted in a five-factor structure consisting of 20 items. Subsequently, confirmatory factor analysis (X 2/ df = 1.61, RMSEA = 0.050, GFI = 0.91, CFI = 0.91) confirmed that the Persian version had satisfactory goodness of fit. Reliability and internal consistency were confirmed with a CR of 0.77, an ICC of 0.87 and a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.81. Conclusions The findings indicated that the Persian version of the BIMF is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing maternal functioning among Iranian mothers.

scholarly journals The Psychometric Properties of the Persian of Miss Nursing Care Tool among Iranian Nurses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoeleh Rahimi ◽  
Abbas Ebadi ◽  
Hamid Reza Khankeh ◽  
Mohammad Sajjad Lotfi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Methodological Study ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Intra Class Correlation ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Clinical Nursing ◽  
Intra Class Correlation Coefficient

Abstract Background: Miss nursing care, as an important hidden problem, can disrupt nursing function. Hence, it has been identified as a quality index for nursing care and patient safety recently. Therefore, amounts and types of miss nursing care as well as its reasons have to be explored using a quantitative tool. The present study aimed to investigate the features of the localized miss nursing care tool in 2020.Methods: In this methodological study, miss nursing care tool was translated and back-translated and its face and content validity was assessed by a panel of experts. Then, the tool was distributed electronically among 300 nurses with various experiences working in healthcare centers. The construct validity was evaluated via exploratory factor analysis. Its reliability was also explored using Cronbach’s alpha and Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC).Results: This study was conducted on 300 nurses. The exploratory factor analysis, which resulted in the identification of three factors in the second part of the tool, namely relations, financial resources, and human resources, explaining 79.6% of the total variance. The reliability of the first and second parts of the tool was 0.912 and 0.901, respectively. Additionally, the ICC was found to be 0.687 for the first part and 0.706 for the second part of the tool.Conclusion: The Persian version of the miss care tool benefitted from appropriate validity and reliability. Thus, it could be used as an index for evaluation of clinical nursing care.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) Among General Iranian Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Sharif Nia ◽  
Harpaljit Kaur ◽  
Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani ◽  
Pardis Rahmatpour ◽  
Omolhoda Kaveh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
General Population ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Impact Of Events Scale ◽  
The Impact

Objective: The aim of this study was to translate and evaluate the validity and reliability of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) among the Iranian general population during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Method: This study was methodological cross-sectional. It was conducted on an Iranian public population from April to July 2020 which was during the COVID-19 pandemic. Construct validity was determined through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with a total of 500 adults recruited via online data gathering. Reliability was checked through the average inter-item correlation (AIC), Cronbach's alpha, and McDonald's omega. Convergent and divergent validity was determined using Fornell and Larcker's approach.Results: The results showed that the Persian version of IES-R had three factors, including intrusion (six items), avoidance (seven items), and hyperarousal (five items), that explained 59.22% of the total variance of the IES-R. The CFA findings indicated that all goodness-of-fit indices confirmed the model fit. The Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's omega, composite reliability (CR), and maximal reliability were excellent, and the three factors have good convergent validity.Conclusion: The findings of this study indicated that the Persian version of the IES-R scale is efficient and useful to assess post-traumatic stress disorder among Iran general population in the COVID-19 outbreak.

scholarly journals Persian Version of the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF): A Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoor Lamyian ◽  
Mehri Ansariniaki ◽  
Fazlollah Ahmadi ◽  
Abbas Rahimi Foroushani ◽  
Carolann L. Curry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Maternal Functioning ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Persian Version

Abstract Background Postpartum maternal functioning has the potential to affect the quality of interaction between mother and child. A proper assessment of maternal functioning requires a comprehensive and accurate tool. The objective of this study was to prepare a Persian version of the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF) and evaluate its psychometric properties in order to determine its applicability in Iranian mothers.Methods The BIMF was translated into Persian and then culturally adapted for Iranian women. After evaluating face and content validity, a cross-sectional study was conducted using the Persian version of BIMF. The data was collected from two unique groups of 250 mothers (in all 500 mothers); the women had infants who were 2 to 12-months old and were selected using a two-stage cluster sampling method. Factor analysis, Pearson’s correlation, intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC), composite reliability (CR) and Cronbach’s alpha were employed in order to evaluate structural validity and reliability.Results Exploratory factor analysis resulted in a five-factor structure consisting of 20 items. Subsequently, confirmatory factor analysis (X ²/ df= 1.61, RMSEA = 0.050, GFI = 0.91, CFI = 0.91) confirmed that the Persian version had satisfactory goodness of fit. Reliability and internal consistency were confirmed with a CR of 0.77, an ICC of 0.87 and a Cronbach's alpha of 0.81. Conclusions The findings indicated that the Persian version of the BIMF is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing maternal functioning among Iranian mothers.

scholarly journals Psychometrics of Persian Version of the Ageism Survey Among an Iranian Older Adult Population During COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Sharif Nia ◽  
Long She ◽  
Ratneswary Rasiah ◽  
Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani ◽  
Omolhoda Kaveh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Older Adult Population

Background: Studies have revealed an increase in discrimination, neglect, and abuse among the older adult population during this period. This study assessed the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the ageism survey instrument tested on a sample of the Iranian older adult population during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. An important move in counteracting ageism is to classify the ageism scale comprehensively by employing adequate psychometrics.Methods: The Persian version of the ageism scale was developed using a two-step procedure. The first step involved translating and revising the original scale to develop a Persian version of the ageism scale. The second step involved assessing the psychometric features of the newly adapted scale using construct validity through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and thereafter assessing the reliability through the average inter-item correlation (AIC), Cronbach's alpha. The sample consisted of 400 older adults (age 65 and older), who were recruited through online data collection, with samples for EFA and CFA randomly selected from the total samples.Results: The Persian version of the ageism survey has three factors: age-related deprivation with five items, dignity with three items, and employment with three items; all of which explained 57.02% of the total variance. The outcome of the EFA was verified by the CFA, with internal consistency reliability being excellent (Cronbach's alpha was 0.725, 0.698, and 0.708 for the three factors).Conclusion: This study specifically offers a restructured three factors Persian version of the ageism survey for Iranian older adults with acceptable construct validity and reliability.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale-Persian version (TPDS-P)

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Solmaz Pishahang ◽  
Sevil Hakimi ◽  
Solmaz Vatankhah ◽  
Saeideh Ghaffarifar ◽  
Fatemeh Ranjbar
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Pregnancy Distress ◽  
Distress Scale

Abstract Background Given the importance of screening pregnant women’s distress, it was intended to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale (TPDS-P) for screening pregnancy distress. Methods This methodological psychometric study was conducted with participation of 360 pregnant women. The TPDS was translated into Persian. Factor analysis was used to investigate the construct validity. The results of the correlation test between the results of the two questionnaires, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) and TPDS-P, were used to determine the criterion validity of TPDS-P. Internal consistency of the items was calculated by the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Stability of the results was examined by test-retest method and Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was calculated. Examining the structure of the factors derived from exploratory factor analysis, fitness of the model was done through confirmatory factor analysis. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS software. Results Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) was 0.846 (p = 0.001). Sixteen items of TPDS-P accounted for 51.42 percent variances. The TPDS-P exhibited appropriate fitness. There was poor to moderate but significant direct correlation between the subscales of DASS-21 and TPDS-P. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the TPDS-P was 0.81 and ICC was 0.70. Conclusions TPDS-P, with appropriate validity and reliability, can be used as a practical scale to evaluate women's distress during pregnancy in Farsi-speaking societies.

scholarly journals Contemporary Condition of Innovative Activity in the field of Health Care of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
Gulbadan Bekembayeva ◽  
Vitalii Koikov ◽  
Aigul Mergentay ◽  
Galia Mussina ◽  
Makar Solodovnikov
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
National Health Care ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Care System

Context: Under these conditions innovative focus of the national health care system at all levels and new approaches to encourage innovation in medical organizations, taking into account the characteristics of their activities and needs of the population, become the urgent tasksAims: to study the factors constraining the introduction of new medical technologies in the health care system of Kazakhstan, and to find ways of improving innovation activity in Kazakhstan.Settings and Design: The article presents the results of the reasons that restrain the activity of development and implementation of innovation, the types of innovative technologies and their demand in the Republic of Kazakhstan.Methods and Material: online survey of health professionals on innovation in the Republic of KazakhstanStatistical analysis used: statistical analysis using the SPSS 16. In the analysis we have used descriptive statistics, factor analysis, correlation and multivariate analysis of variance.Results: It was found that in the majority of cases (62.4%), innovations were borrowed (imported from abroad), and they have mostly (63.3%) been introduced into clinical medicine by health care practitioners (66.9%), while the lowest percentage of innovative activity in the country (22.8%) was found among the specialists holding scientific and academic degrees, as well as their participation in the research.Conclusions: The factor analysis or principal components analysis suggests that the main reasons for the low innovation activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan is a lack of awareness of experts about the latest achievements of science, lack of trained personnel and insufficient target financing of innovation in health care.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale-Persian version (TPDS-P)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solmaz Pishahang ◽  
Sevil Hakimi ◽  
Solmaz Vatankhah ◽  
Saeideh Ghaffarifar ◽  
Fatemeh Ranjbar
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Pregnancy Distress ◽  
Distress Scale

Abstract Background Given the importance of screening pregnant women’s distress, it was intended to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale (TPDS-P) for screening pregnancy distress.Methods This methodological study was conducted with participation of 360 pregnant women. The TPDS was translated into Persian. Factor analysis was used to investigate the construct validity. The results of the correlation test between the two questionnaires DASS-21 and TPDS-P were used to determine the criterion validity. Internal consistency of the items was calculated by the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Stability of the results was examined by test-retest method. To examine the structure of the factors derived from exploratory factor analysis, fitness of the model was done through confirmatory factor analysis. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS software.Results KMO outcomes were 0.846 (p = 0.001). 16 items of TPDS-P accounted for 51.42 percent variances. The TPDS-P exhibited appropriate fitness. There was poor to moderate but significant direct correlation between the subscales of DASS-21 and TPDS-P. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the TPDS-P was 0.81.ICC was 0.81.Conclusion TPDS-P can be used as a scale with appropriate validity and reliability in Farsi-speaking societies to evaluate women's distress during pregnancy.

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