Measuring Nurse Attitudes About Childbirth: Revision and Pilot Testing of the Nurse Attitudes and Beliefs Questionnaire.
OBJECTIVE
Labor/delivery nurse attitudes and beliefs may affect nursing care decisions and patient outcomes. This psychometric study was conducted to revise the Nurse Attitudes and Beliefs Questionnaire-Revised (NABQ-R).


METHODS
The NABQ-R contains 42 items scored with a 4-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). An online survey invitation was sent to Colorado intrapartum nurses with 84 complete surveys returned.


RESULTS
The NABQ-R scores ranged from 82 to 156 and the Cronbach's alpha was .90. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted, and all items loaded on at least 1 factor.


CONCLUSIONS
Our results support acceptable initial psychometric properties for the NABQ-R consistent with existing theory indicating that the NABQ-R shows promise for use in future studies.
University of Colorado Denver, USA.
Martha S
MS
Levine
Nancy K
NK
Lowe
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003120:Colorado; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D011247:Pregnancy; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires