1. Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Nursing Performance Instrument.
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Sugimura, Naotaka, Sato, Miho, Sumi, Naomi, and Yano, Rika
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PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout ,HOSPITALS ,RESEARCH evaluation ,SAMPLE size (Statistics) ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,RESEARCH methodology ,CROSS-sectional method ,SELF-evaluation ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,ETHICS committees ,PSYCHOLOGY of nurses ,SURVEYS ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques ,PEARSON correlation (Statistics) ,COMPARATIVE studies ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CHI-squared test ,JOB performance ,FATIGUE (Physiology) ,DATA analysis software ,PATIENT safety - Abstract
Aim: Work performance of nurses is a critical aspect that concerns the safety of both nurses and patients, but also secondarily influences nurses' turnover due to serious fatigue and burnout. Monitoring nursing performance as well as fatigue is important for appropriate safety management of patients and nurses, and the development of a monitoring tool is essential. The Nursing Performance Instrument (NPI) can provide comprehensive and brief monitoring of nursing performance. This study aimed to verify the validity and reliability of a Japanese version of the NPI (NPI‐J). Methods: A cross‐sectional study was conducted on nurses who work in inpatient care across five Japanese hospitals. We considered appropriate factor numbers with parallel analysis and the Velicer's minimum average partial test. The construct validity was evaluated using exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and Pearson's correlation analysis. Cronbach's alpha was calculated for the internal consistency. Results: A three‐factor model eventually showed acceptable fit indices in the CFA. Moreover, the correlation results among the three factors indicated discriminant validity comparable to the original NPI. The correlation results with acute fatigue, chronic fatigue, and burnout verified convergent validity. Internal consistency was insufficient. Conclusion: The NPI‐J demonstrated acceptable construct validity. This instrument can assess nurses' perceptions of their performance by measuring each item. Future work on the reliability of the sub‐concepts will require additional items or reliability testing based on generalizability theory and item response theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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