Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Quality Nursing Care Scale (QNCS-T)

Authors

  • MOLLAOĞLU Mukadde Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, 58140, Sivas, Turkey
  • BASİT Gülden Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Nursing, Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Konya/Turkey
  • SU Serpil Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Nursing, Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Konya/Turkey
  • BOY Yasemin Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, 60500, Tokat, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v23i3.75116

Keywords:

nursing care, quality of care, quality of nursing, scale validation.

Abstract

Objective: Nursing  care  is  a  unique  and  indispensable  concept  for nursing  that  includes  helping  to  meet  the  needs  of  an individual or a group of individuals offered by nurses. This study is aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Quality Nursing Care Scale (QNCS-T).

Materials and Methods: The  methodological  approach  employed  in  this  study spanned from April 25, 2021, to May 5, 2021, and enlisted the participation of 347 nurses. Data collection was executed utilizing  a  “Personal  Information  Form”  and  the  “Quality Nursing Care Scale (QNCS).” The research comprised two phases: Phase 1 involved the adaptation of the scale, while Phase  2  focused  on  determining  construct  validity  through confirmatory  factor  analysis.  Reliability  was  assessed through  measures  of  internal  consistency  and  item-total correlation coefficients.

Results and Discussion: The adaptation phase yielded affirmative outcomes, affirming the  linguistic  and  content  validation  of  the Turkish  version of  the  scale.  Confirmatory  factor  analysis  demonstrated  a highly favorable fit for a six-factor model. The Cronbach’s alpha  coefficient  for  the  entire  scale  was  determined  to  be 0.93, attesting to its strong internal consistency.

Conclusion: The  Turkish  version  of  the  Quality  Nursing  Scale  showed consistently good psychometric properties of reliability and validity.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 23 No. 03 July’24 Page : 826-833

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2024-07-29

How to Cite

Mukadde, M., Gülden, B., Serpil, S., & Yasemin, B. (2024). Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Quality Nursing Care Scale (QNCS-T). Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 23(3), 826–833. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v23i3.75116

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 3 (2024)

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