Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of the Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia Questionnaire

Background: The quality of pain management in hospitalized older adult patients with dementia is a crucial issue in healthcare. The knowledge and beliefs of nurses are known to predict their pain management intentions toward this particularly vulnerable patient population. Purpose: This study was de...

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Published inThe Journal of Nursing Research Vol. 28; no. 3; p. 004
Main Authors Pei-Chao LIN, Pi-Ling CHOU, Hui-Chen TSENG, Mei-Hui HSIEH, Li-Chan LIN
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published 台灣 臺灣護理學會 01.06.2020
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belief
dementia
knowledge
MEDLINE
pain
SCIE
Scopus
SSCI
TSCI
TSSCI
validity
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Summary:Background: The quality of pain management in hospitalized older adult patients with dementia is a crucial issue in healthcare. The knowledge and beliefs of nurses are known to predict their pain management intentions toward this particularly vulnerable patient population. Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia (KBPED-C) questionnaire using a sample of hospital nurses. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. The 17-item KBPED-Cwas distributed between September 2013 and August 2014 to 350 nurses working at a hospital in northern Taiwan. Consistency assessment was conducted using Cronbach's alpha, and construct validity was examined using principal component analysis. Three hundred five nurses (19 men and 286 women) were enrolled using convenience sampling. Results: The mean age of the participants was 30.8 ± 5.8 years. The Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency was .86.
ISSN:1682-3141
1948-965X