Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O.Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Maternity and Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O.Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Nurse Educ Today. 2022 Nov;118:105525. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105525. Epub 2022 Aug 27.
Evidence-based practice is vital for the provision of high-quality and safe healthcare. However, a rigorous, standardised, and unified evidence-based practice measure that could be applied to Arabic-speaking undergraduate students did not exist prior to this study. Moreover, translating questionnaires requires considerable time and money.
Thus, this study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Student Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire (English version) among Arabic-speaking undergraduate students at health sciences colleges in Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional survey was adopted.
The survey was conducted online over a six-month period.
A convenience sample of 395 undergraduate nursing students was recruited from health sciences colleges at seven universities in Saudi Arabia.
The students were requested to complete the survey, including the Student Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire, as well as a background and academic data sheet. Construct validity, discriminant sensitivity, and internal reliability were evaluated.
An exploratory factor analysis was performed. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test value was 0.901, which was higher than the acceptable value of 0.70, indicating the adequacy of the sample size. Bartlett's test of sphericity was significant (chi-square (df: 210) = 4768.818, p < .001), indicating significant correlations within the variables and matrix. Based on Kaiser's criterion with eigenvalues > 1, four factors were detected that explained 62.03 % of the variance. The exploratory factor analysis of the 21 items generated factor loadings from 0.64 to 0.87. The Student Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire has discriminant validity. The Cronbach's alpha and split-half reliability were over 0.7, indicating that the questionnaire had good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.922). No evidence for floor or ceiling effects was observed.
The English version of the Student Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire has a satisfactory validity and reliability level and can be used among Arabic-speaking undergraduate students without the need to translate it into Arabic.
循证实践对于提供高质量和安全的医疗保健至关重要。然而，在此项研究之前，阿拉伯语本科学生并没有一个严格、标准化和统一的循证实践衡量标准。此外，翻译问卷需要大量的时间和资金。
因此，本研究旨在调查沙特阿拉伯健康科学学院阿拉伯语本科学生对学生循证实践问卷（英文版）的心理测量特性。
采用横断面调查。
调查在线进行，为期六个月。
从沙特阿拉伯七所大学的健康科学学院中招募了一个方便的 395 名护理专业本科学生样本。
学生被要求完成调查，包括学生循证实践问卷以及背景和学术数据表。评估了结构有效性、判别敏感性和内部可靠性。
进行了探索性因素分析。Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin 检验值为 0.901，高于可接受值 0.70，表明样本量充足。巴特利特球形检验显著（卡方（df：210）= 4768.818，p <.001），表明变量和矩阵之间存在显著相关性。根据特征值> 1 的 Kaiser 标准，检测到四个因子，解释了 62.03%的方差。21 个项目的探索性因素分析产生了 0.64 到 0.87 的因子负荷。学生循证实践问卷具有判别有效性。克朗巴赫的α和半分可靠性均超过 0.7，表明问卷具有良好的内部一致性（克朗巴赫的α= 0.922）。没有发现地板或天花板效应的证据。
学生循证实践问卷的英文版具有令人满意的有效性和可靠性水平，无需翻译成阿拉伯语即可用于阿拉伯语本科学生。
