title: Psychometric properties of the Chinese-version Quality of Nursing Work Life Scale.
abstract: In this study, we developed and tested the psychometric properties of the Chinese-version Quality of Nursing Work Life Scale along seven subscales: supportive milieu with security and professional recognition, work arrangement and workload, work/home life balance, head nurse's/supervisor's management style, teamwork and communication, nursing staffing and patient care, and milieu of respect and autonomy. An instrument-development procedure with three phases was conducted in seven hospitals in 2010-2011. Phase I comprised translation and the cultural-adaptation process, phase II comprised a pilot study, and phase III comprised a field-testing process. Purposive sampling was used in the pilot study (n = 150) and the large field study (n = 1254). Five new items were added, and 85.7% of the original items were retained in the 41 item Chinese version. Principal component analysis revealed that a model accounted for 56.6% of the variance with acceptable internal consistency, concurrent validity, and discriminant validity. This study gave evidence of reliability and validity of the 41 item Chinese-version Quality of Nursing Work Life Scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ya-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yu-Tzu
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: McCreary
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002322:Career Mobility; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010865:Pilot Projects; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012067:Religion; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Taiwan; exploratory factor analysis; instrument development; nursing work environment; psychometric testing; quality of work life; reliability and validity