Dickson F, Tutty L M
University of Calgary, Canada.
J Nurs Meas. 1998 Summer;6(1):87-103.
The Public Health Nurses' Responses to Women Who Are Abused (PHNR) scale was designed to measure the degree of nurses' helpfulness to women who are abused by their partners. The measure utilizes two vignettes of nursing practice situations. A factor analysis of the original 30-item scale found that 20 items loaded on one factor (n = 125). This revised 20-item PHNR demonstrated a strong internal consistency (alpha = .85). The two scenarios were compared over a 2-week time period, resulting in a moderately strong correlation of r = .74. High scores on the PHNR were associated with increased age, personal experience, greater number of years of nursing experience, and attendance at workshops on wife abuse. While the initial psychometric properties of the scale are supportive, further investigation is warranted. With this caution, the PHNR may prove useful in identifying nurses' skill and knowledge levels in helping abused women, and for pre/posttest evaluations of educational programs for nurses regarding wife assault.
公共卫生护士对受虐妇女的反应（PHNR）量表旨在衡量护士对受伴侣虐待妇女的帮助程度。该测量使用了两个护理实践情景的 vignette。对最初的 30 项量表进行的因素分析发现，20 项加载在一个因素上（n = 125）。这个修订后的 20 项 PHNR 显示出很强的内部一致性（α = 0.85）。在两周的时间段内对这两个情景进行了比较，得出了 r = 0.74 的中度强相关性。PHNR 得分高与年龄增长、个人经历、护理经验年限增加以及参加过关于妻子虐待的研讨会有关。虽然该量表最初的心理测量特性是支持性的，但仍有必要进行进一步调查。出于这种谨慎考虑，PHNR 可能被证明在识别护士帮助受虐妇女的技能和知识水平以及对护士关于妻子攻击的教育项目进行前后测试评估方面是有用的。
