Compilation and reliability and validity testing of assessment scale for nursing skills deficiencies of home caregivers for disabled elderly people
Objective To compile a comprehensive and targeted assessment tool to evaluate the nursing skills deficiencies of home caregivers for disabled elderly people,so as to analyze its reliability and validity.Methods The first draft of the scale was determined by literature method combined with semi-structured interviews.The scale was modified with Delphi expert letter and pre-investigation.And 89 home caregivers for disabled elderly people were selected for questionnaire survey,and the reliability and validity were analyzed to determine the items of the scale.Results The assessment scale for nursing skills deficiencies of home caregivers for disabled elderly people was formed,which included 4 dimensions,22 nursing skill entries and 89 items.The item-level content validity index(Ⅰ-CVI)of each item was 0.889-1.000,and the average content validity index scale-level(S-CVI/ave)was 0.998.The exploratory factor analysis results was conducted on four dimensions respectively,all with statistically significant differences(P<0.001),and the cumulative variance contribution rates were 69.474%,57.207%,63.294%and 63.559%,respectively.Scale of the Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.916.Conclusion The compiled scale has good reliability and validity,and can be used as an evaluation tool for the assessment scale for nursing skills deficiencies of home caregivers for disabled elderly people.