Psychometric Testing of Two Chinese-Version Scales on Attitudes Toward and Caregiving Behaviors for End-of-Life Patients and Families

Luke Yang, Yung-Fang Liu, Huey-Fang Sun, Hsien-Hsien Chiang, Yu-Lun Tsai and Jen-Jiuan Liaw

Clinical Nursing Research, 2018, vol. 27, issue 8, 1017-1040

Abstract: The study purpose was to examine the validities and reliabilities of the Chinese-versions Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale (Attitudes Scale) and Caregiving Behaviors Scale for End-of-Life Patients and Families (Behaviors Scale). The scales were tested in a convenience sample of 318 nurses with ≥6 months work experience at three hospitals. Cronbach’s alphas of the Attitudes and Behaviors Scales were .90 and .96, respectively. Each scale had Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin index >.85 and Bartlett’s test of sphericity >4000 ( p

Keywords: attitudes toward EOL care; end-of-life care; caregiving behaviors; dying patient and family (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773817699931

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