. Mahya Torkaman; . Marzieh Momennasab; . Shahrzad Yektatalab; . Mahin Eslami Shahrbabaki
Volume 12, Issue 5 , June 2022, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Assessment of the patient safety competency is necessary for the growth of nursingand safe care profession as well as evaluation of the nurses’ educational needs. ...
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BACKGROUND: Assessment of the patient safety competency is necessary for the growth of nursingand safe care profession as well as evaluation of the nurses’ educational needs. The present studywas conducted to determine psychometric properties of the Persian version of the patient safetycompetency self‑evaluation (PSCSE) tool in Iranian psychiatric wards.MATERIALS AND METHODS: All nurses (n = 209) working in two psychiatric hospitals of Kerman,Iran, were included in the present cross‑sectional study using census method. This tool contains 41items: six items are related to knowledge, 14 items deal with attitude, and 21 items are about skilldimension. Psychometric properties of the questionnaire including its content and face validity werealso examined. The factor structure of the questionnaire was evaluated using exploratory factoranalysis. The internal consistency and reliability were assessed by test–retest method with an intervalof 14 days. Cronbach’s alpha and corrected item‑total correlation were used to measure reliability.RESULTS: The content validity index was 0.65 and the content validity ratio was 0.89. Item 14 wasremoved from the skill domain because it was not related to the psychiatric ward. According to theresults of factor analysis, there was a significant relationship between the questions and the relevantfactors. The correlation coefficient for test–retest with 14 days interval was intraclass correlationcoefficient = 0.92 for the whole instrument and 0.89, 0.89, and 0.92 for the domains of knowledge,attitude, and skill, respectively. The internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach’s alpha) of the wholetool was 0.95 and 0.95, 0.79, and 0.95 for the domains of knowledge, attitude, and skill, respectively.Finally, PSCSE Questionnaire was obtained with 40 items in dimensions of knowledge (6 items),attitude (14 items), and skills (20 items).CONCLUSION: Persian version of the nurses’ competency tool in ensuring patient safety in psychiatricwards has acceptable psychometric characteristics.