Transcultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the spanish version of the therapeutic relationship Assessment Scale-Nurse

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Merino, JR (Author) Other; Coelho, J (Author) Other; Sampaio, F (Author) ESEP; Aguera, Z (Author) Other; Llobet, MP (Author) Other; Canut, TL (Author) Other; Nogueira, OR (Author) Other; Ruiz, AV (Author) Other; Sequeira, C (Author) Other; Poyato, AM (Author) Other

Journal

Title: BMC Nursing

Vol. 22

ISSN: 1472-6955

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-00Y-TA0

DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01412-8

Abstract (EN): BackgroundThe nurse-patient therapeutic relationship is considered a pillar of mental health nursing, contributing to improved person-centered care and shared decision making with the patient. Given the importance of the nurse-patient therapeutic relationship, appropriate evaluation instruments are required to assess its quality. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the Therapeutic Relationship Assessment Scale-Nurse.MethodsA translation and back-translation of the scale was carried out. To analyze the psychometric properties, the scale was administered to 213 nurses working in the field of mental health care. Temporal stability or test-retest was examined by means of the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) in a sample of 100 nurses.ResultsConfirmatory Factor Analysis revealed a four-factor structure identical to the original version, with some poor model fit indices. The ordinal alpha values for the total scale and the four factors were 0.939, 0.654, 0.798, 0.801, and 0.866, respectively. The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.928 (95% CI: 0.893-0.952).ConclusionsThe results show that the Spanish version of the Therapeutic Relationship Assessment Scale-Nurse is reliable for determining the quality of the therapeutic relationship that mental health nurses can establish with their patients. However, more studies are needed to analyse the model fit of the instrument's factor structure in the Spanish population.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7