Valid and Reliable Attitude Scales for Measuring Clinician's Attitudes Towards Telehealth Assisted Sexual Assault Forensic Exams Using a Pre-Post Survey.

ABSTRACT: The success of telehealth programs to guide clinicians to perform sexual assault medical forensic examinations relies on clinicians' positive attitudes toward telehealth services, though no validated tools to measure these variables exist. This study aims to report validity and reliability of a novel tool with two scales: Positive Beliefs and Acceptance scales for hospital nurse clinicians at sites initiating the Texas Teleforensic Remote Assistance Center (Tex-TRAC). An analysis of pre-post cross-sectional data of hospital nurse clinicians (N = 121) trained in the use of Tex-TRAC telehealth technology at seven participating hospitals in Texas from July 2022 to May 2023 was performed. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy and Bartlett's test of Sphericity sample size an

SUBMITTER: Myint WW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035152 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature