scholarly journals Assessing the Attitudes of Greek Nurses Toward Computerized Dementia Screening

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 1575-1583
Author(s):  
Stelios Zygouris ◽  
Mara Gkioka ◽  
Despina Moraitou ◽  
Birgit Teichmann ◽  
Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Screening Method ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Screening Tests ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Dementia Screening ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Barriers To Implementation ◽  
Computerized Screening

Background: Despite the abundance of research on computerized dementia screening tests, the attitudes of hospital personnel toward this screening method have not been investigated. Objective: 1) To conduct a confirmatory factor analysis of the first part of a two-part questionnaire about computerized dementia screening. 2) To assess the attitudes of Greek nurses toward computerized dementia screening. 3) To assess barriers to future implementation of computerized dementia screening in the Greek healthcare system, as reported by nurses. Methods: 161 Greek nurses from two urban public general hospitals who participated in a dementia training program were recruited. They were asked to complete a two-part questionnaire about computerized dementia screening. The first part of the questionnaire assesses attitudes toward dementia screening while the second part of the questionnaire assesses barriers to its implementation. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis on the first part of the questionnaire suggested a two-factor structure (feasibility/acceptability). The total score of all items loading on each factor was calculated. For feasibility, scores ranged between 10 and 25 (M = 19.38, SD = 3.80). For acceptability, scores ranged between 6 and 20 (M = 15.27, SD = 2.76). The main barriers to implementation were cost of equipment, insufficient training, lack of a plan for the integration of computerized screening tests in the daily routine of the hospital and time needed for staff training. Conclusion: The positive attitude of nurses supports the implementation of computerized dementia screening in public hospitals as long as identified barriers are addressed.

scholarly journals Physician Mental Workload Scale in China: Development and Psychometric Evaluation

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e030137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuntao Lu ◽  
Yinhuan Hu ◽  
Qiang Fu ◽  
Samuel Governor ◽  
Liuming Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

ObjectiveThe purpose of our study is to develop a mental workload scale for physicians in China and assess the scale’s reliability and validity.DesignThe instrument was developed over three phases involving 396 physicians from different tiers of comprehensive public hospitals in China. In the first phase, an initial item pool was developed through a systematic literature review. The second phase consisted of two rounds of Delphi expert consultations and a pilot survey. The third phase tested the reliability and validity of the instrument.SettingPublic hospitals in China.ParticipantsA total of 396 physicians from different tiers of comprehensive public hospitals in China participated in this study in 2018.Primary and secondary outcome measuresCronbach’s α, content validity index, item-total score correlation coefficient, dimension-total score correlation coefficient and indices of confirmatory factor analysis.ResultsSix dimensions (mental demands, physical demands, temporal demands, perceived risk, frustration level and performance) and 12 items were identified in the instrument. For reliability, Cronbach’s α for the whole scale was 0.81. For validity, the corrected item-content validity index of each item ranged from 0.85 to 1, item-total score correlation coefficients ranged from 0.31 to 0.75, and the correlation coefficients between the dimensions and total score ranged from 0.37 to 0.72. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the goodness-of-fit indices of the scale were satisfactory.ConclusionThe instrument showed good reliability and validity, and it is useful for diagnosing the mental workload of physicians.

scholarly journals Lean Readiness Index for Malaysian Hospitals: An Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Mazlan Awang ◽  
Mohd Razif Idris ◽  
Zuriyati Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Readiness Level

This paper presents an exploratory study on the development of lean readiness index for Malaysian hospitals. A questionnaire survey were obtained from 118 public hospitals and lean readiness model was developed using structural equation modeling (SEM) and the relevant constructs were identified using confirmatory factor analysis. The Lean Readiness Index (LRI) is formulated and a ruler in associate with the LRI were proposed as to meet the objective of the study. The finding to emerge from this study is that only 10.1% of Malaysian public hospitals have ‘good’ readiness status. The study also revealed the overall LRI’s value is 0.617 and, the majority of the hospitals were categorize as having ‘fair’ and ‘weak’ readiness status. The result indicated that training had the strongest association towards lean readiness while communication is the least. This study had revealed the readiness level for lean implementation in Malaysian public hospitals and proposed the required foundation that need to be enhanced before implementing lean.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Job Burnout Correlates of the Health Professions Stress Inventory

2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Akhtar ◽  
Jenny S. Y. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Job Burnout ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Stress Inventory

Previous research in 1994 by Gupchup and Wolfgang identified four factors from Wolfgang's Health Professions Stress Inventory (1988) that were common among a sample of practicing pharmacists. The factors were labeled Professional Recognition, Patient Care Responsibilities, Job Conflicts, and Professional Uncertainty, respectively. We used confirmatory factor analysis to assess whether this factor structure was generalizable to nurses. To examine concurrent validity, we correlated the factors with Maslach and Jackson's three dimensions of job burnout, i.e., Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Personal Accomplishment. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey of a random sample of 9,380 nurses from across 43 public hospitals in Hong Kong, from which 2,267 (24.2%) responded. Analysis indicated statistically acceptable goodness of fit indices for the four-factor solution. Except for the factor Patient Care Responsibilities, all other factors had moderate correlations between .44 and .53 with Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization. Correlations between the factors of Stress Inventory and Personal Accomplishment were small but significant, ranging from –.25 to .13. Areas for further improving the psychometric properties of the inventory are discussed.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of a Persian version of respectful maternity care questionnaire

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Esmkhani ◽  
Masoumeh Namadian ◽  
Ali Nooroozy ◽  
Jeffrey E. Korte
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Maternity Care ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Respectful Maternity Care ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Respectful Care

Abstract Background Providing high quality and respectful care during pregnancy and birth is one of the ways to reduce complications in women. Respectful care is a type of care that requires a valid instrument to measure. This study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) questionnaire in 2018. Methods This study was performed with 150 women (in the first 48 h after birth), who were admitted in the postpartum wards of public hospitals from 1st January until 6th April 2018 in Zanjan city in Iran. Participants were selected randomly using the Poisson distribution (Time) sampling method. After receiving permission from the questionnaire’s author, the internal consistency of the tool was measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient after the Forward translation of the Persian version of the tool under expert supervision. The reliability of the modified questionnaire was assessed using a test-retest method in 10 eligible postpartum women, who completed the same questionnaire again after 72 h. The validity of the tool was confirmed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis using LISREL and SPSS software. Results The original RMC tool achieved an overall high internal reliability (α = 0.839). Confirmatory factor analysis of original RMC scores demonstrated poor fit indices. In LISREL proposed paths for the model, one item was excluded and a re-exploratory factor analysis was performed with the remaining 14 items. Four new subscales were defined for the revised tool including Abusive Care, Effective Care, Friendly Care, and Respectful Communication, which explained 60% of the variance. Conclusions The revised tool included four subscales of Abusive Care, Effective Care, Friendly Care, and Respectful Communication in 14 items which explained 60% of the variance. Given the importance of providing high quality maternity care, and the variety of cultures and birth services across different countries, further research is needed on this RMC tool to evaluate its use in other countries and regions.

scholarly journals Adaptation and validation into Spanish of the Workplace Dignity Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Sainz ◽  
◽  
Roberto M. Lobato ◽  
Frida Porras-Caballero ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Original Scale ◽  
Self Objectification

Introduction and objective: Workers contend with many threats while performing their daily routine that could undermine their dignity, such as denigrating comments from supervisors or co-workers. Denying workers’ dignity constitutes a direct threat towards their well-being. The aim of this paper is to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the Workplace Dignity Scale (WDS). Method: An instrumental design was executed in order to adapt the scale to Spanish with a Mexican population (N = 588). Following back-translation, three studies were conducted in which confirmatory factor analysis, correlations, regressions, and invariance analysis were applied. Results: The results showed that the Spanish adaptation conforms to the six-factor structure of the original scale and that organisational dehumanisation and workers’ self-objectification predicted dignity at work; with workers’ self-objectification being the variable that most strongly predicted workers’ dignity. Finally, we also evaluated measurement invariance comparing our data with the results of the original scale. In general, results indicated that even when the Spanish version of the WDS presented an adequate factor structure, its measurement presented different factor loadings and slopes compared with the measurement of the original scale. Conclusions: In general, we have an instrument adapted to the Mexican context that allows us to evaluate workers’ sense of dignity in the workplace.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of a Persian version of Respectful Maternity Care Questionnaire

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Esmkhani ◽  
Masoumeh Namadian ◽  
Ali Nooroozy
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Maternity Care ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Respectful Maternity Care ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Respectful Care

Abstract Background: Getting a high quality and respectful care during pregnancy and delivery is one of the ways to reduce complications in women. Respectful care is a type of care that requires a valid instrument to measure. This study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) questionnaire in 2018.Methods: This study was performed on 150 women (In the first 48 hours after delivery), who were admitted in the postpartum wards of public hospitals from 1st January until 6th April 2018 in Zanjan city in Iran. Participants were selected randomly using Poisson distribution (Time) sampling method. After receiving the permission from the questionnaire’s author, the internal consistency of the tool was measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficient after the Forward translation of Persian version of the tool under the supervision of experts. The reliability of the modified questionnaire was assessed using a test-retest method in 10 eligible postpartum women, who completed the same questionnaire after 72 hours again. The validity of the tool was confirmed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis using LISREL and SPSS soft wares. Results: The original RMC tool was achieved an overall high internal reliability (α =0.839). Confirmatory factor analysis of original RMC scores demonstrated poor fit indices. In LISREL proposed paths for model, one item was excluded and a re-exploratory factor analysis was performed with the remaining 14 items. Four new subscales were defined for the revised tool including Abusive Care, Effective Care, Friendly Care, and Respectful Communication , which explained 60% of the variance. Conclusions: The revised included four subscales of Abusive Care, Effective Care, Friendly Care, and Respectful Communication in 14 items which explained 60% of the variance. Given the importance of providing a high quality care in maternity, and variety of cultures and service delivery in different countries, further researches are needed on this RMC tool to be used in maternity care in different places.

The Score Comparability of Computerized and Paper-and-Pencil Formats for K-3 Reading Tests

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Pomplun ◽  
Michael Custer
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Screening Tests ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Reading Tests ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Paper And Pencil

This study investigated the equivalence of scores from computerized and paper-and-pencil formats of a series of K-3 reading screening tests. Concerns about score equivalence on the computerized formats were warranted because of the use of reading passages, computer unfamiliarity of primary school students, and teacher versus computer administration of the test. The results indicated that the computerized format produced lower scores than the paper-and-pencil format across all four grades. These difficulty differences could be related to the differences in family income but further research is needed into the causal factors. However, confirmatory factor analysis supported the construct and measurement equivalence of the scores from the two formats.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of a Persian Version of Respectful Maternity Care Questionnaire

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Esmkhani ◽  
Masoumeh Namadian ◽  
Ali Nooroozy
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Maternity Care ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Respectful Maternity Care ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Respectful Care

Abstract Background: Getting a high quality and respectful care during pregnancy and delivery is one of the ways to reduce complications in women. Respectful care is a type of care that requires a valid instrument to measure. This study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) questionnaire in 2018.Methods: This study was performed on 150 women (In the first 48 hours after delivery), who were admitted in the postpartum wards of public hospitals from 1st January until 6th April 2018 in Zanjan city in Iran. Participants were selected randomly using Poisson distribution (Time) sampling method. After receiving the permission from the questionnaire’s author, the internal consistency of the tool was measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficient after the Forward translation of Persian version of the tool under the supervision of experts. The reliability of the modified questionnaire was assessed using a test-retest method in 10 eligible postpartum women, who completed the same questionnaire after 72 hours again. The validity of the tool was confirmed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis using LISREL and SPSS soft wares. Results: The original RMC tool was achieved an overall high internal reliability (α =0.839). Confirmatory factor analysis of original RMC scores demonstrated poor fit indices. In LISREL proposed paths for model, one item was excluded and a re-exploratory factor analysis was performed with the remaining 14 items. Four new subscales were defined for the revised tool including Abusive Care, Effective Care, Friendly Care, and Respectful Communication , which explained 60% of the variance. Conclusions: The revised included four subscales of Abusive Care, Effective Care, Friendly Care, and Respectful Communication in 14 items which explained 60% of the variance. Given the importance of providing a high quality care in maternity, and variety of cultures and service delivery in different countries, further researches are needed on this RMC tool to be used in maternity care in different places.

Evidence-based subtypes in functional dyspepsia with confirmatory factor analysis: Psychosocial and physiopathological correlates

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A51-A52 ◽  
Author(s):  
B FISCHLER ◽  
J VANDENBERGHE ◽  
P PERSOONS ◽  
V GUCHT ◽  
D BROEKAERT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Functional Dyspepsia ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The French Version of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) in a Nonclinical Sample

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Bouvard ◽  
Anne Denis ◽  
Jean-Luc Roulin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
French Version ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

This article investigates the psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS). A group of 704 adolescents completed the questionnaires in their classrooms. This study examines potential confirmatory factor analysis factor models of the RCADS as well as the relationships between the RCADS and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Revised (SCARED-R). A subsample of 595 adolescents also completed an anxiety questionnaire (Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised, FSSC-R) and a depression questionnaire (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, CES-D). Confirmatory factor analysis of the RCADS suggests that the 6-factor model reasonably fits the data. All subscales were positively intercorrelated, with rs varying between .48 (generalized anxiety disorder-major depression disorder) and .65 (generalized anxiety disorder-social phobia/obsessive-compulsive disorder). The RCADS total score and all the RCADS scales were found to have good internal consistency (> .70). The correlations between the RCADS subscales and their SCARED-R counterparts are generally substantial. Convergent validity was found with the FSSC-R and the CES-D. The study included normal adolescents aged 10 to 19. Therefore, the findings cannot be extended to children under 10, nor to a clinical population. Altogether, the French version of the RCADS showed reasonable psychometric properties.

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