title: Revision of the Measurement Tool for Patients' Health Information Protection Awareness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite the importance of the protection of patients' health information in clinical settings, little is known about the awareness of this concept in nursing students due to the lack of a suitable measurement tool. Hence, this study attempted to redevelop the Patients' Health Information Protection Awareness Scale, and evaluate its construct validity and reliability for nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. Nursing students who were in their 3rd and 4th year were recruited from 10 universities in Korea to assess the construct validity, and 30 experts (27 nurses and 3 faculty members) participated in the content validation process.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The content validity assessment indicated that 23 items were ideal. The assessment of construct validity using exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors: communication, management, and referrals. They together accounted for 54.1% of the variance in scale scores. The three-factor scale had good fit in the confirmatory factor analysis. Scale reliability was confirmed, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.94 for all items.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study was the first attempt to redevelop the Patients' Health Information Protection Awareness Scale for student nurses. The 23-item scale was shown to be a reliable and valid tool. It facilitates the assessment of nursing students' awareness of patient information protection. Academic nursing programs and health organizations can use its scores to implement adequate education plans to safeguard information in nursing students.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Youngshin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Miyoung
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Younghee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoonhee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeonghwa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Myoungjin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Administration, Pai Chai University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Heonman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lim
keywords: Health Information Management; Nursing Students; Validation Studies