title: Reliability and validity testing of a short form of the Readiness Estimate and Deployability Index Revised for Air Force Nurses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Readiness Estimate and Deployability Index Revised for Air Force Nurses Short Form, with a sample of 205 Air Force nurses. Participants were mostly female (70%), 36.31 +/- 9.3 years of age, with 11.52 +/- 7.17 years of nursing experience.
  
  
  METHODS
  With structural equation modeling, the initial model did not fit the data (chi2/df = 5.45) and was revised.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Revisions based on modification indices provided evidence of reliability (alpha coefficients of 0.70-0.94; the majority of R2 values were >0.50) and improved the fit of the model (chi2 difference, 35.54; df difference, 3.76; p < 0.05). Hypothesis testing provided evidence of construct validity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 40-item Readiness Estimate and Deployability Index Revised for Air Force Nurses Short Form provides evidence of reliability and validity as a self-assessment measure of deployment preparedness.
authors.affiliation: 59th Clinical Research Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, TX 78236, USA.
authors.forename: Theresa Lynn
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Dremsa
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ryan-Wenger
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reineck
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012655:Self-Evaluation Programs; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States