Development of a Reliable and Valid Questionnaire to Measure the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Nurses Caring for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with Cognitive-Social Communication Deficits.

Background: Nurses are in the critical position of effectively communicating with patients with traumatic brain injury and their families. Aim: The aims of this study were to develop and test the reliability and validity of a questionnaire to determine nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors on...

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Publicado en:Journal of Education & Research in Nursing / Hemşirelikte Eğitim ve Araştırma Dergisi Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 155 - 165
Autores principales: Kavakcı, Mariam, Uysal, Halil Tayyip, Ural, Melike, Özalp, Rojda, Ay, Seher Merve
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Hemsirelikte Egitim ve Arastirma Dergisi Jun2023
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Sumario:Background: Nurses are in the critical position of effectively communicating with patients with traumatic brain injury and their families. Aim: The aims of this study were to develop and test the reliability and validity of a questionnaire to determine nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors on the cognitive-social communication skills of patients with traumatic brain injury. Methods: Eighty-three nurses participated in this cross-sectional pilot study. Reliability-validity analyses were carried out using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: Explo rator y-con firma tory factor analysis results were above the cutoff levels for the 3 subdimensions. The reliability coefficients were reported to be high. Responses were positively distributed among the 3 subdimensions. Conclusion: The questionnaire was found to be reliable and valid. Results indicate that rehabilitation nurses' behaviors support cognitive and social communication in their routine interactions with traumatic brain injury patients.