Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Nursing Decision-Making Instrument Into European Portuguese.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nurses are continually faced with multiple demands to make decisions in their clinical practice. The Nursing Decision-Making Instrument (NDMI) assesses nurses' decision-making styles during the several stages of this process.

Objectives

To adapt the NDMI into European Portuguese and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version in a population of Portuguese nurses.

Methods

Descriptive study design was used to examine psychometric properties of NDMI. Nonprobability convenience sample of 339 Portuguese direct-care nurses. Data were collected using a questionnaire comprising sociodemographic and professional data and the NDMI-Portuguese version (NDMI-PT). An exploratory factor analysis (EFA; n = 125) and a confirmatory factor analysis

SUBMITTER: Paiva ICS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406578 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature