Development and reliability and validity of a scale measuring the coping resources for nursing interruptions
Objective To develop and test the reliability and validity of a scale measuring the coping resources for nursing interrup-tions.Methods Guided by six types of resources of the Conservation of Resources theory,a draft scale was developed through litera-ture review,semi-structured interviews,Delphi consultation,and a pilot survey.Then a convenience sample of 547 nurses were se-lected from a tertiary hospital in Hubei Province and a tertiary hospital in Xizang Autonomous Region to test the reliability and validity of the scale.Results Five factors were identified through exploratory factor analysis,accounting for 88.211%of the total variance,and confirmatory factor analysis indicated a well-fitting model(x2/df=2.776,RMSEA=0.058,CFI=0.961,NFI=0.940,and TLI=0.955).The formal scale included 26 items contributing to 5 dimensions:key resources,constructive resources,energies resources,macro resources,and social support.The scale-level content validity index(CVI)was 0.980 and the item-level CVI ranged from 0.923 to 1.000.The overall Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.985 and the test-retest reliability was 0.932.Conclu-sion This scale is valid and reliable for measuring nurses'coping resources in the process of nursing interruptions.