title: [Study of adaptation and validation of the Practice environment scale of the nursing work index for the Portuguese reality].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Testing the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study, for the cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the psychometric properties of the scale. The study participants were 236 nurses from two hospitals in the regions of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 0.92 Cronbach's alpha was obtained for overall reliability and support of a five-dimension structure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The excellent quality of adjustment of analysis confirms the validity of the adapted version to hospital care settings, although there was no total coincidence of items in the five dimensions
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria Regina Sardinheiro do Céu Furtado
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: José Joaquim Penedos Amendoeira
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing; D011174:Portugal; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace; D055815:Young Adult