Construct Validity of a Spiritual Care Evaluation Scale for the Familiesof Elderly Hospital Patients

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  • 高齢入院患者の家族が評価するスピリチュアルケア評価の構成概念妥当性の検討

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This study developed a scale for patients’ families to evaluate the spiritual care provided by nurses. Subjects for the survey used in the study were 295 family members of patients over the age of 65 who were admitted for medical care in sanatoriums ward hospital or medical long-term care sanatoriums. There were 71 subjects with complete information for analysis. In the statistical analysis, we assumed a 4-factor secondary model of the primary spiritual care evaluation scale (22 items); there were four primary factors:“Basic care,”“To support patients and families to express their feelings,”“To sustain relationship with patient,”and“To sustain relationship between others.”The secondary factor was“spiritual care.”Goodness of fit to this model’s data was examined by confirmatory factor analysis. Results revealed CFI = 0.996 and RMSEA = 0.035. Note that the reliability coefficient ω revealed a reliability of 0.962. The goodness of fit index for the construct validity of the evaluation scale met the acceptable statistical level. This indicates that construct validity from the perspective of factor structure was verified. In addition, appropriate values were found for this scale's reliability.

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