title: Nursing diagnoses and construct validity of pain, self-care deficit and impaired mobility.
abstract: Construct validity of the concepts of pain, self-care deficit and impaired mobility was examined in a study of 120 medical-surgical patients. Factors derived from a factor analysis of the empirical signs and symptoms were: pain-factor and self-care deficit/impaired mobility-factor. The pain-factor clearly showed discriminant validity by differentiating between those with and without Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)-identified diagnosis of pain. An overlap between the defining characteristics of the diagnoses of self-care deficit and impaired mobility has been suggested in the present sample of patients. Limitations of the study and recommendations for further research are described.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing 90024-1702, USA.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010147:Pain Measurement; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care; D014481:United States