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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Investigation of the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery (A-OFER) subscales. METHODS: Partial credit model (PCM) analyses of 2037 Lebanese nurses' responses to the chronic fatigue (CF), acute fatigue (AF), and intershift recovery (IR) subscales. RESULTS: The data were a better fit to the three-dimensional Rasch PCM; difference, χ2 = 2199.3, df = 5, p = .01; unidimensional Akaike information criterion (AIC) = 107355; multidimensional AIC = 105166. Rating categories were disordered and there was item dependence among negatively-keyed items. All items were free of subgroup bias. Inter-subscale correlations were contrary to expectations. CONCLUSION: The CF subscale has sufficient reliability for screening nurses in Lebanon and the Eastern Mediterranean region for low to moderate levels of occupational fatigue. The construct validity of the A-OFER requires further investigation.
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Árabes/psicología , Árabes/estadística & datos numéricos , Agotamiento Profesional/psicología , Personal de Enfermería en Hospital/psicología , Personal de Enfermería en Hospital/estadística & datos numéricos , Psicometría/normas , Adulto , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Humanos , Líbano , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Psicometría/estadística & datos numéricos , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , TraduccionesRESUMEN
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Data were analyzed from a national convenience sample of 3,000 bedside nurses in Lebanon to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the first Arabic version of the Actual Scope of Nursing Practice (A-ASCOP) questionnaire. METHODS: The method used in this study was application of the partial credit model using the multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model. RESULTS: A-ASCOP subscales (r = .81-.94) and levels of item complexity (r = .95-.98) were highly correlated. CONCLUSIONS: As a 26-item scale, the A-ASCOP has high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.93). The A-ASCOP subscales have acceptable multidimensional reliability Expected A-Posteriori/Plausible Value ratio (EAP/PV > .80) and are suitable for descriptive surveys. The three A-ASCOP levels of item complexity were not valid for this sample. We report norms for unidimensional Rasch and 0-100 transformed measures by category of participant.
