Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Med Lav. 2024 Oct 24;115(5):e2024033. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v115i5.16053.
The COVID-19 pandemic represented substantial risks to hospital workers' physical and mental health. The availability of validated measures on the impact of the pandemic on workplaces is crucial for developing data-driven interventions. The primary purpose of our study was to translate it into Italian and assess factor structure, psychometric properties, and measurement invariance of the Pandemic Experiences and Perceptions Scale (PEPS).
The survey was completed by 766 workers from an Italian hospital. We examined the internal structure of the PEPS using confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) techniques and testing the invariance for clinical vs. nonclinical workers.
The six-factor ESEM solution showed an excellent fit to the data (CFI=0.956, TLI=0.932, RMSEA=0.050), supporting the superiority of the ESEM solution. The factorial invariance of the PEPS across occupational roles (clinical vs. nonclinical hospital workers) was supported, and the ESEM-based McDonald's omega was good for all factors.
The results from this study provided evidence for the factorial validity, reliability, and measurement invariance across occupational roles of the Italian version of the PEPS. Thus, the Italian version of the PEPS is a reliable and valid tool for assessing pandemic experiences and perceptions among Italian workers.
COVID-19 大流行对医院工作人员的身心健康构成了重大风险。拥有关于大流行对工作场所影响的经过验证的衡量标准对于制定数据驱动的干预措施至关重要。我们研究的主要目的是将其翻译为意大利语，并评估大流行经历和感知量表（PEPS）的结构、心理测量特性和测量不变性。
这项调查由意大利一家医院的 766 名工作人员完成。我们使用验证性因子分析（CFA）和探索性结构方程建模（ESEM）技术来检验 PEPS 的内部结构，并测试临床与非临床工作者的不变性。
六因素 ESEM 解决方案与数据非常吻合（CFI=0.956，TLI=0.932，RMSEA=0.050），支持 ESEM 解决方案的优越性。PEPS 在职业角色（临床与非临床医院工作人员）之间的因子不变性得到支持，基于 ESEM 的麦当劳ω对于所有因素都很好。
这项研究的结果为意大利语版 PEPS 的因子有效性、可靠性和跨职业角色的测量不变性提供了证据。因此，意大利语版的 PEPS 是评估意大利工作人员大流行经历和感知的可靠有效的工具。
