Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Palliative Nursing Care Quality Scale.

OBJECTIVES: Measuring tools are essential in assessing the quality of care. This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Palliative Nursing Care Quality Scale (PNCQS-T) and the sociodemographic characteristics affecting the quality of care. METHODS: This methodological study, whose linguistic equivalence was confirmed by the translation/back translation method, was carried out with the participation of 209 nurses. Personal Information Form and PNCQS-T were used as data collection tools. Construct validity was determined by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Reliability was tested with internal consistency and item-total correlation coefficients. RESULTS: Adaptation results showed that the Turkish version of the scale is adequate for linguistic and content validation. The Turkish adaptation's original scale of 20 items was reduced to 18. As in the original scale, all items were combined under a single dimension in the Turkish adaptation. Modified CFA indicated a well-fitting model. PNCQS-T explained 42.1% of the total variance. Cronbach's alpha value was 0.92. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 18; the highest score is 90. Higher scores indicated that the palliative care provided by nurses was of good quality. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS: The Turkish version of the PNCQS-T is reliable for assessing the quality of palliative care provided by nurses in Turkey.

A scale development study for evaluating the dietary behaviors of patients with heart failure.

BACKGROUND: Monitoring the dietary status of patients with heart failure (HF) and preventing malnutrition are of great importance in the prognosis of the disease. OBJECTIVES: The study was conducted to develop a measurement tool that determines the dietary behaviors of patients with HF. METHODS: The draft scale consisting of 124 items designed by the researcher following with the literature was reduced to a draft scale consisting 49 items after the evaluation of clinical experts' and academicians' opinions. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Cronbach's Alpha were employed in the analysis of the data. RESULTS: According to the results, SDBHF was found to consist of 4 sub-scales and 19 items. The lowest score that could be obtained from the 19-item final form of the scale was 19, and the highest score was 76. Increased scores mean that patients with HFeat according to the recommendations of the guidelines, clinical experts and academicians. The Cronbach's alpha of the scale was found to be 0.72. CONCLUSION: Our newly developed SDBHF was shown to be a valid and reliable tool for determining the dietary behaviors of patients with HF. The SDBHF can be used to detect and manage dietary behaviors that shapes the quality of life and prognosis of patients with HF. The SDBHF can used as a single dimension scale rather than its sub-scales.

Reflection of nursing students violence tendencies on care behaviors.

PURPOSE: Although violence is a preventable phenomenon, whose negative effects may be reduced, it should be analyzed with a holistic approach to determine its possible effects on caring behaviors, which constitute the basis of the profession of nursing. This study aims to reveal the reflections of the tendency to violence among the nursing students on their caring behavior. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey was conducted within a convenient sample of 292 nursing students. Personal Information Form, Tendency to Violence Scale, and the Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI-24) were used for data collection. FINDINGS: There was a negative and moderate relationship between the tendency to violence and the scores obtained from the CBI-24 and its subscales. Simple linear regression analysis revealed that tendency to violence explained 10% and had a significant effect on caring behaviors (ß = -0.328, p < .001). PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Tendency to violence among the nursing students might be determined before their graduation and the students with such tendencies might be closely monitored and supported to reduce these tendencies.

Determination of the Society's Perceptions, Experiences, and Intentions to Use Violence Against Health Professionals

Background@#Violence against health professionals is an increasing problem in Turkey. This study aims to determine the societal perception of violence, experience of violence, and the intentions to use violence against health professionals. @*Methods@#This descriptive study sample comprised 484 individuals. Data were collected by using the “Descriptive Information Form” and “Intentions to Use Violence against Health Professionals Scale.” @*Results@#Of the participants, 8.3% used violence against health professionals. Most of the participants (81.2%) stated that violence was not a solution, and 65.9% believed that health professionals did not deserve violence. Past behavior of the participants was the most influential factor on the intention to use violence (β = .473, p = 0.000). @*Conclusions@#More than half of the participants believed that health professionals did not deserve violence and violence was not a solution. We found that intention to use violence was affected by past experiences.

Determination of the Society's Perceptions, Experiences, and Intentions to Use Violence Against Health Professionals

Background@#Violence against health professionals is an increasing problem in Turkey. This study aims to determine the societal perception of violence, experience of violence, and the intentions to use violence against health professionals. @*Methods@#This descriptive study sample comprised 484 individuals. Data were collected by using the “Descriptive Information Form” and “Intentions to Use Violence against Health Professionals Scale.” @*Results@#Of the participants, 8.3% used violence against health professionals. Most of the participants (81.2%) stated that violence was not a solution, and 65.9% believed that health professionals did not deserve violence. Past behavior of the participants was the most influential factor on the intention to use violence (β = .473, p = 0.000). @*Conclusions@#More than half of the participants believed that health professionals did not deserve violence and violence was not a solution. We found that intention to use violence was affected by past experiences.