Validation of the Persian version of the Compassionate Care Assessment Tool.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present study aimed to translate and determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Compassionate Care Assessment Tool (CCAT) ©.

Methods

The study was carried out to translate and validate of the CCAT©. After securing permission from the designer of the tool and translating it, the psychometric properties were determined through examining face validity, construct validity, internal consistency, and test/retest reliability. With regard to construct validity, confirmatory factor analysis was used so that 300 patients in internal and surgery wards were selected by a simple random sampling method from three hospitals. Data were analyzed using SPSS (v.24.0) and LISREL statistical software version 8.8.

Results

The results of the confirmat

SUBMITTER: Vaisi-Raygani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859547 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature