title: Psychometric testing of the Revised Humane Caring Scale for adult patients in Singapore.
abstract: In this study, we examined the validity and reliability of the Revised Humane Caring Scale as used by adult patients in a tertiary hospital in Singapore. A three-phase descriptive quantitative study was conducted. In phase I, an expert panel of nurses and inpatients examined the content validity of the scale; phase II comprised a pilot study on 20 patients; and in phase III, a large-scale study on 235 patients was implemented to test the internal consistency of the scale. The results revealed that the content validity index of the scale ranged from 0.856 to 1, and the scale had a high inter-rater agreement kappa value of 0.940. Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.798 to 0.877 in phase II, and from 0.579 to 0.760 in phase III, respectively. The Revised Humane Caring Scale revealed good content validity and an acceptable level of internal consistency. The scale is an acceptable measurement tool for evaluating adult patients' satisfaction during hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.|Evidence Based Nursing Unit, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Mien Li
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.affiliation: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.|National University Cancer Institute Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore.
authors.forename: Emily N K
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Ang
authors.affiliation: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Yiong-Huak
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Hong-Gu
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Katri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vehviläinen-Julkunen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012846:Singapore; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Revised Humane Caring Scale; patient satisfaction; psychometric; quality of care; reliability; validity