title: Developing and Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Nurses' Exercise Beliefs Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  No instrument exists that measures oncology nurses' exercise beliefs for women with breast cancer experiencing cancer-related fatigue. This article reports on the psychometric evaluation of the Nurses' Exercise Beliefs scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  There were 20 items generated for the scale from a review of the literature. An expert panel review achieved content validity of the scale. The scale was administered to 387 registered nurses and the data were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scale content validity index (S-CVI) was .85. A 2-factor solution explained 50.4% of the variance in exercise beliefs, supporting construct validity. The factors were exercise benefits beliefs (8 items, α = .94) and exercise barriers beliefs (12 items, α = .81).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings support the subscales as valid and reliable tools.
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Donna M A
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ho-Shing
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000523:psychology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*