Communication skills attitude scale: a translation and validation study in asample of registered nurses in Poland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To translate and validate the Communication Skills Attitude Scale in the Polish language (CSAS-P) and its adaptation for use among registered nurses.

Design

A cross-sectional descriptive design was used in order to translate and validate the CSAS-P. The following psychometric properties of CSAS-P were evaluated: content validity (content validity index), theoretical relevance (exploratory and confirmative factor analysis), one-dimensionality of subscales (principal component analysis), internal consistency (Cronbach's α), test-retest reliability and discriminant validity.

Setting

Participants were identified and recruited from the Centre for Postgraduate Education for Nurses and Midwives in Warsaw, Poland.

Participants

The validation group comprised

SUBMITTER: Panczyk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6527998 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature