title: [Attitudes of nurses towards families: validation of the scale Families' Importance in Nursing Care--Nurses Attitudes].
abstract: The attitudes of nurses towards families determine the care process. With this study, we aimed to obtain an instrument that would allow us to learn about this variable. Hence, our purpose was to perform the cross-cultural adaptation and evaluate the psychometric features of the Portuguese version of the instrument Families' Importance in Nursing Care - Nurses Attitudes (FINC-NA), which aims to evaluate the attitudes of nurses towards the importance of involving the patient's family in the nursing care. The method recommended by the literature was followed. The sample consisted of 136 nurses working in primary health care. The results obtained in the reliability tests showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha=0.87). The psychometric study permits us to state that the Portuguese version of the FINC-NA, which in Portuguese is referred to as A importância das famílias nos cuidados de enfermagem - atitudes dos enfermeiros (IFCE-AE), is a reliable and valid tool.
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Porto, Portugal. palmiraoliveira@esenf.pt
authors.forename: Palmira da Conceição M
authors.initials: Pda C
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Henriqueta Ilda V
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Ana Isabel S P
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Vilar
authors.forename: Maria Henriqueta de J S
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Maria Margarida Silva R S
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Maria Júlia C M
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martinho
authors.forename: Maria do Céu A B
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Luísa Maria da C
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: José Carlos M
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Maria Manuela Ferreira P da S
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D022143:Family Nursing; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires