Validity and reliability of the Mandarin version of Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI-MV) in cancer patients.

ABSTRACT: Nurses play an important role in maintaining patients' dignity. How to measure patients' dignity and dignity-related distress is an important issue in nursing care. Use of a reliable and valid tool assessing dignity-related distress in patients is necessary. The study investigated the validity and reliability of the Mandarin Version of the Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI-MV) in cancer patients. The Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI) was translated into the Mandarin language using forward and back translation. A convenience sample of 125 adult cancer patients was recruited from the oncology ward of a medical center in southern Taiwan. Factor analysis with principal axis factoring extraction method and oblique rotation (promax) was used to assess the construct validity. Concurrent validity was e

SUBMITTER: Li YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126806 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature