Al Mutair Abbas, Al Mohaini Mohammed, Fernandez Ritin, Moxham Lorna, Lapkin Samuel, Ham-Baloyi Wilma Ten
Inaya Medical College Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences CAMS-HS MNGHA Alahsa Saudi Arabia.
Nurs Open. 2018 May 9;5(3):376-383. doi: 10.1002/nop2.149. eCollection 2018 Jul.
The aim of this study is to establish a valid and reliable culturally adapted instrument which can be used in the Arabian context to measure emotional well-being.
The Mental Health Inventory tool was used to investigate the emotional well-being of Saudi nursing students. The instrument was originally developed in English and in a western cultural setting. As such, there was a need to translate and validate the instrument in Arabic for use in the Arabian setting.
The Arabic version MHI 38 (AV-MHI-38) was translated, reviewed and revised, then evaluated with a sample of Arabic-speaking nursing students from Saudi Arabia using cross-sectional multicentre survey approach. An iterative forward-backward-forward sequence of item translation and review by a bilingual and bicultural expert panel was then completed. The psychometric properties of the AV-MHI-38 were examined through an exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation among factors and reliability assessment.
The sample consisted of 252 nursing students from two different universities located in different geographic regions in Saudi Arabia. The mean age was 20.93 years, made up of 230 female and 22 male participants. An a priori two-factor model showed satisfactory fit with modifications. Results indicated two component AV-MHI-38 with 46.09% of the total variance and excellent internal consistency. The AV-MHI-38 had good psychometric properties and the two subscales had good internal consistency with Cronbach's and acceptable reliability measures. The AV-MHI can be used to assess emotional well-being among Arabic-speaking populations of nursing students, nurses and other healthcare providers. The instrument can be used to identify the emotional well-being of students and initiating strategies to support them to decrease their study and work-related stress, anxiety and depression.
本研究的目的是建立一种有效且可靠的、经文化调适的工具，可用于阿拉伯地区来测量情绪健康状况。
使用心理健康量表工具来调查沙特护理专业学生的情绪健康状况。该工具最初是用英语在西方文化背景下开发的。因此，有必要将该工具翻译成阿拉伯语并进行验证，以便在阿拉伯地区使用。
对阿拉伯语版MHI 38（AV-MHI-38）进行翻译、审核和修订，然后采用横断面多中心调查方法，对来自沙特阿拉伯的讲阿拉伯语的护理专业学生样本进行评估。随后，由一个双语和双文化专家小组完成了项目翻译和审核的迭代式前-后-前流程。通过探索性因素分析、验证性因素分析、因素间相关性以及可靠性评估，对AV-MHI-38的心理测量特性进行了检验。
样本包括来自沙特阿拉伯不同地理区域的两所不同大学的252名护理专业学生。平均年龄为20.93岁，其中女性参与者230名，男性参与者22名。一个先验的双因素模型经修改后显示拟合良好。结果表明，AV-MHI-38有两个分量表，解释了总方差的46.09%，具有出色的内部一致性。AV-MHI-38具有良好的心理测量特性，两个子量表具有良好的内部一致性，Cronbach's系数及可靠性测量结果均可接受。AV-MHI可用于评估讲阿拉伯语的护理专业学生、护士及其他医疗服务提供者群体的情绪健康状况。该工具可用于识别学生的情绪健康状况，并启动相关策略来支持他们减轻学习和工作相关的压力、焦虑和抑郁。
