title: Development, validation and initial outcomes of a questionnaire to investigate the views of nurses working in a mental health setting regarding a cardiometabolic health nursing role.
abstract: People with serious mental illness experience disparities in primary health care. One solution is a specialist nursing position responsible for the coordination of the primary care of people with serious mental illness. However the views of nurses regarding this proposed role are only beginning to emerge. This study reports the readability, factorability, internal consistency and responses from a questionnaire regarding the views of nurses working in a mental health setting regarding the proposed role. The questionnaire was determined to have adequate readability, and internal consistency. Nurses are positive towards the development of the role however the cost-effectiveness should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Central Queensland University, Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Centre for Mental Health Nursing Innovation, and School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rockhampton, Queensland Australia.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Happell
authors.affiliation: Central Queensland University, Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Centre for Mental Health Nursing Innovation, and School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rockhampton, Queensland Australia. Electronic address: r.stanton@cqu.edu.au.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stanton
authors.affiliation: Central Queensland University, Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Centre for Mental Health Nursing Innovation, and School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rockhampton, Queensland Australia; Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland Australia.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hoey
authors.affiliation: Central Queensland University, Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Centre for Mental Health Nursing Innovation, and School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rockhampton, Queensland Australia; NorthWest Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D015897:Comorbidity; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D008603:Mental Health; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009726:Nurses; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires