Institute of Healthcare and Wellbeing, NHL University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
J Adv Nurs. 2012 Oct;68(10):2341-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05939.x. Epub 2012 Feb 23.
To report a study conducted to compare the utility of the care dependency scale across four countries.
The care dependency scale provides a framework for assessing the needs of institutionalized patients for nursing care. Henderson's components of nursing care have been used to specify the variable aspects of the concept of care dependency and to develop the care dependency scale items.
The study used a cross-cultural survey design.
Patients were recruited from four different countries: Japan, The Netherlands, Poland and Turkey. In each of the participating countries, basic human needs were assessed by nurses using a translated version of the original Dutch care dependency scale. Psychometric properties in terms of reliability and validity of the care dependency scale have been assessed using Cronbach's alpha, Guttman's lambda-2, inter-item correlation and principal components analysis. Data were collected in 2008 and 2009.
High internal consistency values were demonstrated. Principal component analysis confirmed the one-factor model reported in earlier studies.
Outcomes confirm Henderson's idea that human needs are fundamental appearing in every patient-nurse relationship, independent of the patient's age, the type of care setting and/or cultural background. The psychometric characteristics of the care dependency scale make this instrument very useful for comparative research across countries.
报告一项比较四个国家使用护理依赖量表的效用的研究。
护理依赖量表为评估机构患者护理需求提供了一个框架。Henderson 的护理照顾组成部分被用于指定护理依赖概念的变量方面，并开发了护理依赖量表项目。
该研究采用跨文化调查设计。
从四个不同的国家（日本、荷兰、波兰和土耳其）招募患者。在参与研究的每个国家中，护士使用翻译后的原始荷兰护理依赖量表评估患者的基本人类需求。使用 Cronbach's alpha、Guttman's lambda-2、项目间相关性和主成分分析评估护理依赖量表的可靠性和有效性。数据于 2008 年和 2009 年收集。
表现出较高的内部一致性值。主成分分析证实了早期研究中报告的单因素模型。
结果证实了 Henderson 的观点，即人类需求是基本的，出现在每一个患者-护士关系中，独立于患者的年龄、护理环境类型和/或文化背景。护理依赖量表的心理计量学特征使其成为国家间比较研究非常有用的工具。
