Golz Christoph, Hahn Sabine, Zwakhalen Sandra M G
School of Health Professions, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland.
Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
SAGE Open Nurs. 2024 Oct 1;10:23779608241272641. doi: 10.1177/23779608241272641. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.
No brief questionnaire comprising knowledge, skills, and attitudes is available to measure digital competence among clinical practice nurses.
The aim was to evaluate the structural validity and internal consistency of the Digital Competence Questionnaire (DCQ) for Clinical Practice Nurses.
A cross-sectional study was conducted with English-speaking clinical practice nurses. Twenty-six items from an initial item pool, developed in a prior conducted Delphi Study, were included. Exploratory factor analysis for structural validity with "oblimin" rotation and a two-factor solution as well as internal consistency test using Cronbach's alpha were conducted.
Data from 185 nurses was obtained. The final questionnaire comprised of 12 items allocated to two factors: knowledge & skills and attitude. Factor "attitude" explained 33% of the variance and factor "knowledge & skills" 24%, resulting in a cumulative explanation of the variance of 57% by both factors. Internal consistency per factor was satisfactory, with 0.81 and 0.91, respectively.
The DCQ for clinical practice nurses is valid and has satisfactory internal consistency. Researchers and nurse managers can use it to assess the level of digital competence among clinical practice nurses. Future psychometric validation of the DCQ for clinical practice nurses is required to allow a conclusion on the goodness of fit and reliability.
目前尚无包含知识、技能和态度的简短问卷来衡量临床实践护士的数字能力。
旨在评估临床实践护士数字能力问卷（DCQ）的结构效度和内部一致性。
对讲英语的临床实践护士进行了一项横断面研究。纳入了先前德尔菲研究中初步项目库中的26个项目。采用“斜交旋转”和双因素解决方案进行探索性因素分析以评估结构效度，并使用克朗巴哈系数进行内部一致性检验。
获得了185名护士的数据。最终问卷由12个项目组成，分为两个因素：知识与技能和态度。“态度”因素解释了33%的方差，“知识与技能”因素解释了24%的方差，两个因素对方差的累积解释率为57%。每个因素的内部一致性都令人满意，分别为0.81和0.91。
临床实践护士数字能力问卷有效且具有令人满意的内部一致性。研究人员和护士管理人员可使用它来评估临床实践护士的数字能力水平。未来需要对临床实践护士数字能力问卷进行心理测量学验证，以便得出关于拟合优度和可靠性的结论。
