A Chinese Version of the Caring Dimensions Inventory: Reliability and Validity Assessment

Lai-Kun Tong, Ming-Xia Zhu, Si-Chen Wang, Pak-Leng Cheong and Iat-Kio Van
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Lai-Kun Tong: Research Management and Development Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China
Ming-Xia Zhu: Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China
Si-Chen Wang: Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China
Pak-Leng Cheong: Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China
Iat-Kio Van: Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-10

Abstract: Caring is central to nursing practice. Chinese nurses take care for the health of about 20% of the world’s population and their perception of caring is critical. However, until recently, instrument specifically designed to measure the caring of nurses in China was not found. Caring dimensions inventory (CDI) is one of the most frequently used instrument when measuring caring and is applicable to nurses from different cultures. The aim of this study is to test the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the 25-item CDI. The English version of CDI was translated into Chinese according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization. Content validity was conducted among seven senior nurses from different institutions in different cities in China. A convenience sample of nurses from 11 cities in China was employed. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis of the CDI was carried out using a sample of 880 nurses. The overall content validity index was 0.98. Three factors (Nurturance, Collaboration, Skill) were identified in exploratory factor analysis and were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The three-factor solution explains 70.15% of the total variance. The Cronbach alpha for overall the CDI was 0.97. This study demonstrated that the Chinese version of the CDI showed satisfactory reliability and validity, indicating that it could be a useful measurement to assess nurses’ perception of caring in China.

Keywords: caring dimensions inventory; reliability; validity; nurse; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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