Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarre (UPNA), Avda. Barañain s/n, 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, C/Irunlarrea, 3, 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 31;19(1):451. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010451.
Having valid and reliable tools that help health professionals to assess fear in children undergoing medical procedures is essential to offer humanised and quality of care in the paediatric population. The aim of this study was to develop the cross-cultural adaptation and the evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the "Child Medical Fear Scale" in its shortened version (CMFS-R). The design consisted of two phases: first, of cross-cultural adaptation and second, of the psychometric validation of the CMFS-R with a sample of 262 children from Spain, applying a cross-sectional design. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to assess construct validity and the Cronbach's alpha and the adjusted item-total score correlation coefficients were performed to study reliability. The results confirmed internal consistency and construct validity of the Spanish version of the CMFS-R, indicating that the scale has an acceptable level of validity and reliability. Therefore, this study brings a new version of the scale to assess fear related to medical procedures for use in the Spanish paediatric population.
拥有有效且可靠的工具可以帮助医疗保健专业人员评估接受医疗程序的儿童的恐惧，这对于为儿科人群提供人性化和高质量的护理至关重要。本研究的目的是开发经过跨文化调适的、儿童医疗恐惧量表缩短版（CMFS-R）的心理测量学特性的评估，该量表的缩短版已在西班牙人群中进行了样本测试，采用了横断面设计。验证性因子分析用于评估结构效度，克朗巴赫的α系数和调整后的项目总分相关系数用于研究信度。结果证实了 CMFS-R 西班牙语版本的内部一致性和结构效度，表明该量表具有可接受的有效性和可靠性。因此，本研究为评估与医疗程序相关的恐惧带来了一个新的量表版本，可用于西班牙儿科人群。
