Brazilian questionnaire of competencies of oncology nurses: Construction and test of content validation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to describe construction and content validation of the Brazilian Questionnaire of Competencies of Oncology Nurses.

Methods

The methodological research was constructed based on the literature and observation in Brazilian hospitals searching to identify local evidence in the nursing practice. After, the construction of the 30 items distributed in eight sub-dimensions of competencies, the instrument was tested the content validation by 7 experts and 61 oncology nurses. Item responses were analyzed through content validity index and Cronbach's α were used in this test pilot.

Results

The content validity index of the scale was 0.90, and the content validity index of each item was 0.80-1.00. The mean of items varied between 4.98 (standard deviatio

SUBMITTER: Dos Santos FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6722479 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature