Validity and reliability of the spiritual care competency scale for oncology nurses in Taiwan.

Nurses must have spiritual competence to provide holistic patient care. Therefore, the designed instrument to assess nurses' competence could be a practical guide for health care professionals. This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the spiritual care competency scale (SCCS) for oncology nurses in Taiwan. This study used a convenience sample from a regional teaching hospital in Taiwan from November 2017 to February 2019, who were asked to complete the SCCS. We employed scale-content validity index (S-CVI). Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was also used to evaluate the structural factor of SCCS. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) verified the construct validity of SCCS scale for oncology nurses in Taiwan. Test-retest reliability were also measured in this study at 2-week interval. The average S-CVI of SCCS was 0.96. The EFA produced four factors of 27 items, such as professionalization, improving the quality of spiritual care, personal support, patient counseling and referral, attitude towards patient spirituality and communication, assessment, implementation providing and evaluation of spiritual care. Fitting the 27 items yielded an acceptable model fit; X2/df = 2.41, RMSEA = 0.08, GFI = 0.80, AGFI = 0.80, CFI = 0.92, IFI = 0.92, NFI = 0.90, RFI = 0.90, TLI = 0.91, SRMR = 0.06. Cronbach's alpha values were between 0.93 and 0.95, and the total Cronbach's alpha was 0.96. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) scores were between 0.43 and 0.88. The result of this study demonstrated satisfactory validity and reliability for the SCCS in the nursing field in Taiwan. Implications for practice in this study serves as a reference for effectively evaluating nursing competency in spiritual care.

Fang HF ，Susanti HD ，Dlamini LP ，Miao NF ，Chung MH ... -  《BMC Palliative Care》

Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the spiritual care competency scale in nursing practice: a methodological study.

To determine the validity and reliability of the Spiritual Care Competency Scale (SCCS) among nurses in China. Methodological research. After the SCCS was translated into Chinese, the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the SCCS (C-SCCS) were evaluated using a convenience sample of 800 nurses recruited from different healthcare centres. The construct validity of the C-SCCS was determined by an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with promax rotation. Pearson's correlation coefficients of the C-SCCS and the Palliative Care Spiritual Care Competency Scale (PCSCCS-M) were computed to assess the concurrent validity and construct validity of the C-SCCS. To verify the quality of the component structure, we conducted a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). We tested the internal consistency and stability of the measure using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the Guttman split-half coefficient, respectively, and a factorial analysis was performed. A total of 709 participants completed the questionnaire (response rate: 88.63%), and all completed questionnaires were suitable for analysis. Three factors were abstracted from the EFA and explained 58.19% of the total variance. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the three subscales were .93, .92, and .89, and the Guttman split-half coefficient for the C-SCCS was .84. The CFA indicated a well-fitting model, and the significant correlations between the C-SCCS and the PCSCCS-M (r=0.67, p<0.01) showed adequate concurrent validity. Nurses' education and income level showed a significant association with the C-SCCS score. The C-SCCS was shown to be a psychometrically sound instrument for evaluating Chinese nurses' spiritual care competencies.

Hu Y ，Leeuwen RV ，Li F 《BMJ Open》

[Validity and Reliability of Korean Version of the Spiritual Care Competence Scale].

Chung MJ ，Park Y ，Eun Y 《-》

The validity and reliability of an instrument to assess nursing competencies in spiritual care.

van Leeuwen R ，Tiesinga LJ ，Middel B ，Post D ，Jochemsen H ... -  《-》

Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the spiritual care-giving scale (C-SCGS) in nursing practice.

Hu Y ，Tiew LH ，Li F 《-》