Developing an assessment tool for geropsychiatric mental healthcare knowledge and attitude evaluations in clinical practice for nursing students

Abstract

Aim To develop an instrument to investigate geropsychiatric psychological symptoms, health problem nursing knowledge (GPN‐K), geropsychiatric psychological symptoms and health problem nursing attitude scale (GPN‐A) in clinical practice for nursing students. Design Instrument development and cross‐sectional study for psychometric testing. Methods Construct validity was evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and internal consistency was calculated using Cronbach's α. Results A total of 300 students have completed the questionnaires (85.71% response rate). The CFA of GPN‐K showed good fitness and validity. The Kuder‐Richardson 20 (KR‐20) value of the internal consistency reliability is 0.64. The GPN‐A overall content validity index is 0.95. A three‐factor structure was shown by exploratory factor analysis. The three factors are communication and care, helping others improve and problem evaluation tendency. The total variance explained is 59.01%. Cronbach's alpha of GPN‐A equals 0.84, which represents good internal consistency.

Effectiveness of a Problem-Based Geropsychiatric Nursing Clinical Internship Program

“…The study instruments included a demographic questionnaire, geropsychiatric psychological symptoms and health problem nursing knowledge scale (GPN-K) [ 24 ], geropsychiatric psychological symptoms and health problem nursing attitude scale (GPN-A) [ 24 ], geropsychiatric psychological symptoms and health problem nursing practice scale (GPN-P) [ 25 ], and a self-reflection and insight ability scale (SRIS-C) [ 26 ]. The demographic questionnaire included sex, age, grade, and past experience of participating in psychiatric nursing courses for older adults.…”

“…The demographic questionnaire included sex, age, grade, and past experience of participating in psychiatric nursing courses for older adults. The GPN-K [ 24 ] included 25 questions to assess students’ abilities to evaluate the symptoms of older adults’ mental and physical ill health and the knowledge about measures to be taken while nursing, including the drugs for treatment. Every right answer was scored with one point, and a higher total score implied a mastery of higher levels of knowledge.…”

“…The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) of GPN-K showed good fitness and validity. GPN-A [ 24 ] contained 19 questions with scores based on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1–5 points, respectively, for ‘strongly disagree’, ‘disagree’, ‘neutral’, ‘agree’, and ‘strongly agree’. The higher the score was, the more positive the student’s attitude towards older adults with psychiatric illnesses.…”

Translation and Psychometric Properties of the Strategies Used by People to Promote a Health Instrument for the Assessment of Self-Care Self-Efficacy among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Vietnam

“…CFA was used to assess construct validity to test the hypothesis of a relationship between the observed variable and its underlying structure. It is primarily used to check whether a particular indicator or topic is categorized along the dimensions expected based on theoretical considerations or empirical research [32].…”

Erratum

“…In Wu et al ( 2021 ), due to a technical error the Table 1 to Table 5 were omitted in the PDF version. The tables are now included in the revised online version.…”