TITLE:
Designing a Scale to Assess Family Nursing Practice among Public Health Nurses in Japan
AUTHORS:
Noriko Toyama, Kayoko Kurihara, Mineko Muranaka, Kokoro Shirai, Kiyoko Kamibeppu
KEYWORDS:
Family Nursing Practice Scale, Public Health Nurse, Scale Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.9 No.7,
July
12,
2017
ABSTRACT: Background: The promotion of family nursing by public health nurses (PHN)
presupposes an accurate assessment of the family nursing support they already
provide. However, as there is no assessment tool for this purpose, this
study aimed to develop a scale to assess family nursing currently provided by
PHN. Methods: We developed the Family Nursing Practice Scale (FNPS) for
PHN based on the results of a previous study. The content validity of the
FNPS was established through discussion with three other researchers. A pilot
study was conducted to confirm face validity. To confirm reliability and validity,
an anonymous, self-reported questionnaire was sent to PHN working in
municipal offices. The statistical analyses included the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin
(KMO), Barlett’s Test of Sphericity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Cronbach’s
alpha, correlation coefficient and t-test. Results: Seven hundred fifty-four PHN participated in this study. Cronbach’s alpha of FNPS was 0.94.
The KMO measure was 0.948, and Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity was p