Design and Validation of a Questionnaire on Communicating Bad News in Nursing: A Pilot Study

Manuel González-Cabrera, Ana Raquel Ortega-Martínez, Juan Miguel Martínez-Galiano, Antonio Hernández-Martínez, Laura Parra-Anguita and Antonio Frías-Osuna
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Manuel González-Cabrera: Department of Emergency and Critical Care, San Agustín University Hospital, 23700 Linares, Spain
Ana Raquel Ortega-Martínez: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Juan Miguel Martínez-Galiano: Nursing department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Antonio Hernández-Martínez: Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, University of Castilla la Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
Laura Parra-Anguita: Nursing department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Antonio Frías-Osuna: Nursing department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 2, 1-10

Abstract: 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 < 0.001. The principal component analysis supported a construct of four dimensions. This questionnaire was found to be a valid and reliable instrument with a high internal consistency for the evaluation of CBN knowledge and skills of nursing professionals.

Keywords: communicating bad news; questionnaire; nursing; validation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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