Reliability and validity test of the Chinese version of the spiritual care-giving scale in nursing undergraduates and its application

  • Ying Huang
  • Dan Lv
  • Tao Wang
  • Haoran Zhang
  • Lei Zhang Chengde Medical University
Keywords: Nursing Undergraduates, Spiritual Cognition, Reliability, Validity

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese Version of the Spiritual Care-giving Scale (C-SCGS) in nursing undergraduates and its application.

Methods: This was a retrospective study. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 262 senior nursing undergraduates from Chengde Medical University, China from May to June, 2023 through convenience sampling method. The C-SCGS and the general demographic data table were employed to investigate the subjects.

Results: The C-SCGS retained 34 items, and four common factors were extracted by exploratory factor analysis, with a cumulative contribution rate of 65.15%. The I-CVI value of the scale was 0.88-1.0, and the S-CVI/Ave value was 0.94. The Cronbach’s α coefficient of the total scale was 0.957, that of each dimension ranged from 0.850 to 0.944, with a split-half coefficient of 0.887.

Conclusion: The C-SCGS may be used to evaluate the spiritual cognition of Chinese nursing undergraduates by virtue of its good reliability and validity.

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.10.9021

How to cite this: Huang Y, Lv D, Wang T, Zhang H, Zhang L. Reliability and validity test of the Chinese version of the spiritual care-giving scale in nursing undergraduates and its application. Pak J Med Sci. 2024;40(10):2313-2318. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.10.9021

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Published
2024-10-17
How to Cite
Huang, Y., Lv, D., Wang, T., Zhang, H., & Zhang, L. (2024). Reliability and validity test of the Chinese version of the spiritual care-giving scale in nursing undergraduates and its application. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 40(10), 2313-2318. https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.10.9021
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