Chronic Diseases (Home Care) Research Center and Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Center, Department of Nursing, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 8;13(1):2247. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29399-x.
Nurses play a key role in medication safety and, by extension, patient safety. Evaluation of medication safety competence in nurses requires valid, specific, and comprehensive instruments. The present study was conducted to translate and psychometric assessment a Persian version of medication safety competence scale (MSCS) for clinical nurses in Iran. This is a cross-sectional and multi-centric work of research with a methodological design. A total of 1080 clinical nurses were selected from 5 cities located in Iran. The original version of the MSCS was translated into Persian and the psychometric properties of MSCS were assessed using COSMIN criteria. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) showed that the factor loading of the 36 items was between 0.72-0.87, all of which were significant. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) fitted the data well (χ/df = 7, RMSEA = 0.01, CFI = 0.96, NFI = 0.95, and TLI = 0.97). The reliability of the instrument was assessed in terms of its internal homogeneity where the Cronbach's alpha of the whole instrument was found to be 0.96. The Persian version of MSCS for nurses possesses satisfactory validity and reliability. Thus, nurse managers can use this instrument to measure medication safety competence in nurses.
护士在用药安全中起着关键作用，进而影响着患者的安全。评估护士的用药安全能力需要有效的、具体的、全面的工具。本研究旨在翻译并对伊朗临床护士用药安全能力量表（MSCS）的波斯语版本进行心理计量学评估。这是一项具有方法学设计的横断面和多中心研究工作。从伊朗 5 个城市中选取了 1080 名临床护士。MSCS 的原始版本被翻译成波斯语，并根据 COSMIN 标准评估 MSCS 的心理计量学特性。探索性因子分析（EFA）显示，36 个条目的因子负荷在 0.72-0.87 之间，均具有统计学意义。验证性因子分析（CFA）拟合数据良好（χ/df=7，RMSEA=0.01，CFI=0.96，NFI=0.95，TLI=0.97）。该工具的内部一致性评估了其可靠性，整个工具的 Cronbach's alpha 值为 0.96。护士用药安全能力量表的波斯语版本具有良好的有效性和可靠性。因此，护理管理人员可以使用该工具来衡量护士的用药安全能力。
