Psychometric development of the Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire (ICE-FPSQ).

To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Valid and reliable instruments are needed to measure how family members perceive support from nurses when a family member is experiencing serious illness. The purpose of this articl...

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Published in:Journal of Family Nursing
Main Authors: Sveinbjarnardottir, Eydis K, Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun, Hrafnkelsson, Birgir
Other Authors: Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2013
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
80 and over
Attitude to Health
Disease
Factor Analysis
Statistical
Family
Family Nursing
Female
Humans
Iceland
Male
Middle Aged
Principal Component Analysis
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Social Support
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/301631
https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840712449203
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Summary:To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Valid and reliable instruments are needed to measure how family members perceive support from nurses when a family member is experiencing serious illness. The purpose of this article is to describe the development and psychometric testing of a new instrument, the Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire (ICE-FPSQ). The concepts in the original version of the ICE-FPSQ (suggesting 24 items and 4 categories) were developed from the Calgary Family Intervention Model. In the first phase of the instrument construction, 179 family members answered the original ICE-FPSQ, and 236 answered the questionnaire in the second phase of testing. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) reduced the original questionnaire to 21 items. Cronbach's α = .959 explained 68% of the total variance, with three factors emerging: (a) emotional support (α = .925), (b) recognition of families' strengths (α = .926), and (c) cognitive support (α = .841). Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) resulted in a final version of the questionnaire containing 14 items with total alpha of .961 and two factors: (a) cognitive support (α = .881) and (b) emotional support (α = .952). The instrument measures family's perceptions of support provided by nurses and will be helpful in examining the usefulness of family nursing interventions. LUH Scientific Fund Scientific fund of the Nurses Association in Iceland Research fund of Ingibjorg R. Magnusdottir

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