A Validation Study of the Korean Version of the Nurses’ Patient Education Questionnaire
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Measurements
2.3.1. General Characteristics
2.3.2. Nurses’ Patient Education Competency
2.4. Data Collection
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. General Characteristics
3.2. Descriptive Statistics of the Items
3.3. Construct Validity
3.4. Reliability
3.5. Known Group Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Category | n (%) | Mean ± SD |
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Age (years) | 22–29 | 62 (23.7) | 36.91 ± 8.82 |
30–39 | 98 (37.4) | ||
40–49 | 63 (27.8) | ||
≥50 | 29 (11.1) | ||
Gender | Man | 1 (0.4) | - |
Woman | 261 (99.6) | ||
Academic degree | Associate | 70 (26.7) | - |
Bachelor | 161 (61.5) | ||
Master | 30 (11.5) | ||
Doctor | 1 (0.4) | ||
Hospital type | Private clinic | 81 (30.9) | - |
General hospital | 134 (51.1) | ||
Advanced general Hospital | 47 (17.9) | ||
Position | Head nurse | 20 (7.6) | - |
Charge nurse | 41 (15.6) | ||
Staff nurse | 201 (76.7) | ||
Nurse total career (year) | 12.72 ± 8.52 | ||
Working experience in hemodialysis unit (year) | 6.45 ± 5.94 | ||
Number of nurses in hemodialysis unit (including head nurse) | 13.44 ± 6.04 | ||
Number of patients per nurse | 6.87 ± 1.89 | ||
Number of assistant personnel | 1.47 ± 1.31 | ||
Access to educational materials (yes) | 237 (90.5) | ||
Presence of education nurse (yes) | 130 (49.6) | ||
Presence of patient education booklet (yes) | 231 (88.2) | ||
Presence of regular education programs (yes) | 152 (58.0) | ||
Pedagogical experience (yes) | 188 (71.8) | ||
Frequency of patient education experience within the last 1 week | 4.99 ± 11.58 | ||
Types of training materials (multiple response) | Oral education | 141 (24.0) | |
Hospital booklet | 157 (26.7) | ||
Pharmaceutical brochure | 137 (23.3) | ||
Clinical management guidelines | 113 (19.2) | ||
Patient education application program | 19 (3.2) | ||
Web program site | 13 (2.2) | ||
Video and imaging | 6 (1.0) | ||
Power point template | 2 (0.3) | ||
Educated institutions (multiple response) | College | 116 (36.7) | |
Conference | 68 (21.5) | ||
Continuing education | 62 (19.6) | ||
Hospital education | 45 (14.2) | ||
Graduate study | 23 (7.3) | ||
Self-study | 2 (0.6) | ||
Place for patient education (multiple response) | Patient’s room with the presence of other patients | 254 (47.1) | |
Nursing office | 84 (15.6) | ||
Corridor | 74 (13.7) | ||
Private room/patient’s home | 33 (6.1) | ||
Patients’ dining room at the ward | 16 (2.9) | ||
Medical office | 5 (0.1) | ||
Others | 78 (14.5) |
Item | Factor | ||||||
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Factor I. Nurses’ beliefs and knowledge | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII |
1. I am qualified/competent in patient information work. | 0.795 | 0.217 | 0.118 | 0.141 | 0.178 | 0.033 | −0.154 |
2. I am qualified/competent in patient teaching work. | 0.793 | 0.160 | 0.123 | 0.108 | 0.280 | 0.022 | −0.133 |
3. I follow the development of patient education knowledge in scientific literature, e.g., articles in journals. | 0.776 | 0.210 | 0.137 | 0.121 | −0.032 | 0.103 | 0.211 |
4. I follow the development of patient education knowledge in professional literature, e.g., books and professional journals. | 0.765 | 0.158 | 0.108 | 0.038 | −0.066 | 0.157 | 0.254 |
5. I know how to document the patient’s need for knowledge about the health situation in the record. | 0.665 | 0.321 | 0.181 | 0.052 | 0.033 | 0.046 | 0.151 |
6. I know what my mandate is in patient teaching and information. | 0.615 | 0.175 | 0.232 | 0.056 | 0.101 | 0.100 | 0.101 |
Factor II.Documentation of patient education activities | |||||||
7. I document nursing evaluation of patient information in the record. | 0.171 | 0.764 | 0.212 | 0.107 | 0.042 | 0.048 | 0.210 |
8. I document nursing activities of patient teaching in the record. | 0.323 | 0.760 | 0.197 | 0.107 | 0.063 | −0.059 | 0.009 |
9. I document nursing evaluation of patient teaching in the record. | 0.259 | 0.736 | 0.234 | 0.133 | 0.025 | −0.029 | 0.287 |
10. I document nursing activities of patient teaching in the record. | 0.162 | 0.722 | 0.187 | 0.086 | 0.165 | 0.058 | −0.164 |
11. I document the patients’ need of knowledge of their health situation in the record. | 0.270 | 0.679 | 0.072 | 0.262 | −0.054 | 0.064 | 0.131 |
Factor III. Collegial teamwork | |||||||
12. At my workplace, we discuss nurses’ patient information, e.g., activity/area information. | 0.083 | 0.193 | 0.821 | 0.072 | 0.062 | 0.019 | 0.148 |
13. At my workplace, we discuss nurses’ patient teaching, e.g., activity/area teaching. | 0.260 | 0.147 | 0.798 | 0.114 | −0.005 | −0.035 | 0.155 |
14. At my workplace, I discuss with colleagues how to help the patients acquire knowledge. | 0.147 | 0.249 | 0.779 | 0.062 | 0.105 | 0.028 | 0.098 |
15. I make sure I know about the patients’ need of knowledge in terms of what the patients want to know and understand about their health situation (directly from the patient). | 0.329 | 0.176 | 0.614 | 0.143 | 0.156 | 0.081 | 0.040 |
Factor IV. Education environment | |||||||
16. I can teach the patient undisturbed, e.g., I am not disturbed by colleagues, other patients or by phone calls. | 0.055 | 0.159 | −0.075 | 0.857 | 0.013 | 0.093 | 0.174 |
17. I can inform the patient undisturbed, e.g., I am not disturbed by colleagues, other patients or by phone calls. | 0.031 | 0.135 | 0.007 | 0.799 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.276 |
18. I have time for patient teaching in my daily work. | 0.155 | 0.091 | 0.223 | 0.718 | 0.066 | 0.059 | −0.104 |
19. I have time for patient information in my daily work. | 0.168 | 0.163 | 0.324 | 0.691 | 0.148 | 0.019 | −0.142 |
Factor V. Interdisciplinary cooperation | |||||||
20. Co−operating with other professionals in patient education is important. | 0.052 | 0.111 | 0.120 | 0.012 | 0.929 | 0.101 | −0.042 |
21. It is important that the nurse is responsible for co−organizing patient education between different professional groups in regard to the patients the nurse is caring for/nursing. | 0.107 | 0.042 | 0.141 | −0.012 | 0.907 | 0.315 | 0.038 |
22. Patient teaching has high priority in my daily work. | 0.157 | 0.000 | −0.025 | 0.203 | 0.638 | 0.072 | 0.302 |
Factor VI. Educational foundation | |||||||
23. To meet patient teaching needs, it is important that I am knowledgeable in the following subjects: medical science, nursing/caring science, educational science and psychological science. | 0.149 | 0.019 | 0.044 | 0.067 | 0.172 | 0.934 | 0.008 |
24. To meet patient information needs, it is important that I am knowledgeable in the following subjects: medical science, nursing/caring science, educational science and psychological science. | 0.127 | 0.030 | 0.001 | 0.082 | 0.239 | 0.909 | 0.022 |
Factor VII. Health care organization | |||||||
25. I have support from my manager in my patient teaching/information, i.e., the activity patient teaching. | 0.023 | 0.208 | 0.238 | 0.126 | 0.120 | 0.072 | 0.721 |
26. My manager offers professional development in the activity/area of patient education. | 0.395 | 0.070 | 0.207 | 0.057 | 0.098 | −0.063 | 0.602 |
Mean ± SD | 3.20 ± 0.68 | 3.21 ± 0.78 | 3.38 ± 0.69 | 3.18 ± 0.69 | 3.83 ± 0.54 | 3.90 ± 0.65 | 3.13 ± 0.77 |
Cronbach’s α | 0.702 | 0.706 | 0.713 | 0.744 | 0.747 | 0.773 | 0.733 |
Eigenvalue | 8.311 | 2.412 | 2.119 | 1.751 | 1.372 | 1.204 | 1.083 |
Percent of total variance explained | 15.622 | 12.520 | 11.213 | 10.195 | 7.447 | 7.334 | 5.869 |
Cumulative percent | 15.622 | 28.142 | 39.355 | 49.550 | 56.997 | 64.331 | 70.200 |
Factor | New Graduate Nurses * (n = 42) | Experienced Nurses (n = 220) | t | p |
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Mean ± SD | ||||
I. Nurses’ beliefs and knowledge | 2.86 ± 0.66 | 3.26 ± 0.67 | −3.59 | <0.001 |
II. Documentation of patient education activities | 3.01 ± 0.75 | 3.25 ± 0.78 | −1.78 | 0.077 |
III. Collegial teamwork | 3.01 ± 0.70 | 3.45 ± 0.66 | −3.95 | <0.001 |
IV. Education environment | 3.10 ± 0.63 | 3.19 ± 0.70 | −0.836 | 0.404 |
V. Interdisciplinary cooperation | 3.64 ± 0.54 | 3.87 ± 0.54 | −2.45 | 0.015 |
VI. Educational foundation | 3.93 ± 0.61 | 3.90 ± 0.66 | 0.259 | 0.796 |
VII. Health care organization | 3.06 ± 0.73 | 3.14 ± 0.77 | −0.674 | 0.518 |
Total | 3.14 ± 0.41 | 3.39 ± 0.47 | −3.21 | 0.001 |
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Jung, M.-J.; Roh, Y.-S. A Validation Study of the Korean Version of the Nurses’ Patient Education Questionnaire. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5609. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115609
Jung M-J, Roh Y-S. A Validation Study of the Korean Version of the Nurses’ Patient Education Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(11):5609. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115609
Chicago/Turabian StyleJung, Myung-Jin, and Young-Sook Roh. 2021. "A Validation Study of the Korean Version of the Nurses’ Patient Education Questionnaire" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11: 5609. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115609