RT Journal Article
T1 Design and Validation of a Questionnaire on Communicating Bad News in Nursing: A Pilot Study.
A1 González-Cabrera, Manuel
A1 Ortega-Martínez, Ana Raquel
A1 Martínez-Galiano, Juan Miguel
A1 Hernández-Martínez, Antonio
A1 Parra-Anguita, Laura
A1 Frías-Osuna, Antonio
K1 communicating bad news
K1 nursing
K1 questionnaire
K1 validation
AB Communicating bad news (CBN) is a fundamental skill in nursing; nevertheless, few instruments exist for its evaluation. This study presents a questionnaire designed to measure nurses' knowledge and ability of CBN, as well as the analysis of its psychometric properties. Based on a literature search, the initial dimensions of CBN were identified to construct the questionnaires' items, which were evaluated by experts for the validity of the items' contents. Construct validity and reliability of the resulting questionnaire was carried out in a sample of 71 nurses of an Andalusian university hospital. A questionnaire with 25 items was constructed with a high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha 0.816). The content validity was evaluated via a literature review and additionally by the assessment of seven experts. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test (KMO) obtained a score of 0.683, and the Bartlett test of sphericity a value of p
YR 2020
FD 2020-01-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/14955
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/14955
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 4, 2025