Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Health Sciences Evidence-based Practice Questionnaire into Japanese and Its Test–Retest Reliability in Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The Health Sciences Evidence-Based Practice (HS-EBP) questionnaire was recently developed for measuring five constructs of evidence-based clinical practice among Spanish health professionals by applying content and construct validity investigation. The current study aims to undertake a cross-cultural adaptation of the HS-EBP into Japanese and to investigate the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the Japanese HS-EBP among undergraduate students of nursing and physical and occupational therapies. Methods: Cross-cultural adaptation was undertaken by following Beaton's five-step process. Subsequently, the Japanese HS-EBP test-retest reliability was assessed with a 2-week interval. Participants were recruited from among third and fourth grade undergraduate students of nursing and physical and occupational therapies with clinical training experience. Results: Pilot testing included 30 participants (11 nursing students, 11 physical therapy students, 8 occupational therapy students). Consequently, we developed the Japanese HS-EBP to be understandable for undergraduate students of nursing and physical and occupational therapies. Data from 52 participants who completed test-retest reliability questionnaires demonstrated adequate test-retest reliability in the total scores of Domains 1, 3, 4, and 5 [intraclass correlation coefficients were (ICC)=0.74, 0.70, 0.75, and 0.74, respectively]; the exception was Domain 2, which had an ICC of 0.66. Internal consistency (Cronbach's α) was adequate for Domains 1-5, for which α was 0.87, 0.94, 0.86, 0.93, and 0.95, respectively. Conclusions: This study developed the Japanese version of HS-EBP and provided preliminary evidence of adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability in most domains for undergraduate students of nursing and physical and occupational therapies.

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