Validity and reliability of the persian practice environment scale of nursing work index

Safa Elmi; Hadi Hassankhani; Farahnaz Abdollahzadeh; Mohammad Asghari Jafar Abadi; Judy Scott; Mina Nahamin

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Year : 2017 | Volume : 22 | Issue : 2 | Page : 106-111

Validity and reliability of the persian practice environment scale of nursing work index

Safa Elmi¹, Hadi Hassankhani², Farahnaz Abdollahzadeh³, Mohammad Asghari Jafar Abadi⁴, Judy Scott⁵, Mina Nahamin⁶
¹ Student's Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
² Center of Qualitative Studies, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
³ Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
⁴ Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
⁵ School of Nursing, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California
⁶ PhD Student, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Correspondence Address:
Hadi Hassankhani
Center of Qualitative Studies, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz
Iran

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/1735-9066.205953

Background: The practice environment pivotal role in patients and nurses better outcomes is evident. Practice Environment Scale of Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) is widely utilized to assess nursing work environments. The present study was conducted to demonstrate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of PES-NWI. Materials and Methods: The instrument was translated and its psychometrics were investigated by content, construct validity (factor analysis), and homogeneity (internal consistency and intraclass correlation) on a sample of 350 nurses at educational hospitals in East Azerbaijan, Iran. Results: The 30 items loaded onto 4 factors explained 34.95–50.06% of the variance. The items across the factors differed slightly from those reported by the original author of the PES-NWI. Cronbach's alpha and Pearson coefficient for the entire instrument and also for extracted factors was 0.70–0.96. Conclusions: The Persian version of PES-NWI has an appropriate level of validity and reliability in the Iranian setting for nurses. The subscale of Nursing Foundations for quality care needs modification.

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