Examination of Content Validity of the Evaluation List of Competency with Rehabilitation Nursing

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to validate content validity of the Evaluation List of competencies with Rehabilitation Nursing.

Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using an anonymous self-reporting questionnaire. Questions concerned demographics, the Evaluation List of Competency with Rehabilitation Nursing with 80 behavioral characteristics of 10 competences, and a shortened version of the Social Skill Scale for Nursing with four subscales. The wording of the questions related to the 80 behavioral characteristics was revised in a preliminary survey and the main survey was distributed to 1,016 nurses who worked in recovery rehabilitation wards at 22 randomly selected hospitals throughout Japan. Competence scores were calculated from the Evaluation List of competencies with Rehabilitation Nursing. Tests of differences between basic demographic data and correlations with social skills in nursing scores were verified to determine competence scores.

Results & Discussion: We obtained 555 valid responses from the nurses. All competence scores for years of experience in recovery rehabilitation wards, position and qualifications significantly differed among the nurses (p=0.005~<0.001). Correlations between scores for competence and for the four subscales of social skills in nursing were more than moderately positive (r=0.37~0.67, p<0.001).

Conclusion: Statistical verification confirmed the content validity of the Evaluation List of Competency with Rehabilitation Nursing.