EMPATHIC-N in a Greek-Cypriot sample: confirming its factorial structure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family-centered care has been receiving increased attention during the last decades and health professionals recognize family satisfaction with care as an important health indicator. The Empowerment of Parents in The Intensive Care-Neonatology (EMPATHIC-N) is a newly developed, yet empirically reliable and valid measure for the assessment of parental satisfaction with the care provided by Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). The present study aims to present the Greek version of the EMPATHIC-N and to confirm its factorial structure.

Methods

The EMPATHIC-N was translated in Greek using a forward-backward translation and was piloted before use. A sample of 256 families receiving intensive care at the NICU of Archbishop Makarios III Public Hospital in Cyprus which i

SUBMITTER: Papamichael E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6295023 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature