title: The Chinese family-centered care survey for adult intensive care unit: A psychometric study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to develop a family-centered care survey for Chinese adult intensive care units and to establish the survey's psychometric properties.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Family-centered care (FCC) is widely recognized as an ideal model of care. Few studies have explored FCC perceptions among family members of adult critical care patients in Asian countries, and no Chinese FCC measurement has been developed.
  
  
  METHODS
  An English version of the 3-factor family-centered care survey for adult intensive care units (FCCS-AICU) was translated into Chinese using a modified back translation procedure. Based on the literature review, two additional concepts, information and empowerment, were added to the Chinese FCCS-AICU. The psychometric properties of the Chinese FCCS-AICU were determined with 249 family members from a medical center in Taiwan and were tested for construct and convergent validity, and internal consistency.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both the monolingual and bilingual equivalence tests of the English and Chinese versions of the 3-factor FCCS-AICU were supported. Exploratory factor analysis supported the 5-factor structure of the Chinese FCCS-AICU with a total explained variance of 58.34%. The Chinese FCCS-AICU was correlated with the Chinese Critical Care Family Needs Inventory. Internal consistency, determined by Cronbach's α, for the overall scale was .94.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Chinese FCCS-AICU is a valid and reliable tool for measuring perceptions of FCC by family members of adult intensive care patients within Chinese-speaking communities.
authors: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University.
authors: Wen-Ling
authors: WL
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University/Hospital.
authors: Jui-Ying
authors: JY
authors: Feng
authors: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University.
authors: Chi-Jen
authors: CJ
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Nursing, Tri-Service General Hospital Penghu Branch. Electronic address: t26961027@gmail.com.
authors: Jing-Huei
authors: JH
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D064648:Critical Care Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adult; Family-centered care; Intensive care; Psychometric evaluation