Department of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Adv Nurs. 2021 Jul;77(7):3238-3253. doi: 10.1111/jan.14859. Epub 2021 Apr 14.
The aim of this study was to develop a new instrument to evaluate healthcare professionals' attitudes towards female workers in the healthcare settings-the Attitude Scale Towards Female Workers (ASTFW)-and test its psychometric properties.
This is a scale development study.
A three-phase structure was used: (1) creating the item pool, (2) preliminarily evaluating items and (3) refining the scale and evaluating psychometric properties. The scale's content validity, construct validity, internal consistency and temporal stability were evaluated according to the scale development guidelines. The scale's psychometric properties were tested with 1,635 healthcare professionals working in six different hospitals. The data were collected between November 2018 and July 2019.
The scale items were obtained from face-to-face, semi-structured, in-depth individual interviews with the healthcare professionals. The scale's content validity index was 0.96. According to exploratory factor analysis, the scale consisted of 30 items and five subdimensions; the subdimensions were found to explain 54.48% of the total variance. Fit indices obtained with confirmatory factor analysis were at acceptable and good levels. The scale was found to have high internal consistency and temporal stability.
The ASTFW is a psychometrically valid and reliable measurement instrument. The 30-item scale consists of five subdimensions: performance, gender roles, recruitment and retention, career, and emotionality. Impact This scale, which has good psychometric properties, can be used to perform a multidimensional evaluation of the attitudes of healthcare professionals in healthcare workplaces towards female workers. This scale can be useful in shedding light on negative attitudes towards female healthcare professionals in the health sector.
本研究旨在开发一种新的工具来评估医疗保健工作者在医疗保健环境中对女性工作者的态度，即女性工作者态度量表（Attitude Scale Towards Female Workers，ASTFW），并测试其心理测量学特性。
这是一个量表开发研究。
采用三阶段结构：（1）建立项目池，（2）初步评估项目，（3）完善量表并评估心理测量学特性。根据量表开发指南评估量表的内容效度、结构效度、内部一致性和时间稳定性。该量表的心理测量学特性在六家不同医院工作的 1635 名医疗保健专业人员中进行了测试。数据收集于 2018 年 11 月至 2019 年 7 月之间。
量表项目来自于与医疗保健专业人员进行的面对面、半结构化、深入的个人访谈。量表的内容效度指数为 0.96。根据探索性因子分析，量表由 30 个项目和五个子维度组成；子维度解释了总方差的 54.48%。验证性因子分析得到的拟合指数处于可接受和良好水平。量表具有较高的内部一致性和时间稳定性。
ASTFW 是一种具有心理测量学效度和信度的测量工具。该 30 项量表由五个子维度组成：表现、性别角色、招聘与留用、职业和情感。该量表具有良好的心理测量学特性，可用于多维评估医疗保健工作场所中医疗保健专业人员对女性工作者的态度。该量表可用于揭示卫生部门对女性医疗保健专业人员的负面态度。
