Development and validation of the Nurse's Workplace Mental Health Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to develop and validate the Nurse's Workplace Mental Health Questionnaire (NWMHQ).

Methods

The questionnaire was developed based on the two continua model of mental illness and health proposed by Keyes. The initial questionnaire was generated through literature review, two rounds of Delphi expert consultation, followed by a pilot survey. Finally, the reliability and validity of the questionnaire were validated through an online survey of 2,815 registered nurses selected from the public hospitals in 11 provinces from June to July 2020.

Results

The item-content validity index (I-CVI) of the questionnaire ranged from 0.750 to 1.000 and the average scale-level content validity index (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.906. Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.948 and

SUBMITTER: Lai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587392 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature