title: Measuring hospital nurses' well-being at work - psychometric testing of the scale.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Valid and reliable methods to measure nurses' well-being at work are needed. Well-being at work refers to a positive viewpoint and experience in a work context.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to test the psychometric properties of nurses' well-being at work-scale (NWB-scale).
  
  
  METHODS
  The NWB-scale was tested in a Finnish hospital (N = 233) using statistical methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The NWB-scale consists of 67 items and 12 factors: patients' experience of high-quality care, assistance and support among nurses, nurses' togetherness and collaboration, satisfying practical organization of work, challenging and meaningful work, freedom to express diverse feelings in a work community, well-conducted everyday nursing, status related to the work itself, fair and supportive leadership, opportunities for professional development, fluent communication with other professionals, and being together with other nurses in an informal way. Content validity was good based on expert evaluations. Construct validity of the scale was also very good based on exploratory factor analysis. Reliability (internal consistency) was assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which ranged from 0.66 to 0.91.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on psychometric properties, NWB is a valid and reliable scale to measure hospital nurses' well-being at work. Extrapolation to other professionals and settings needs required modification and careful testing.
authors.affiliation: a Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine , University of Oulu , PO Box 5000, 90014 Oulu , Finland.
authors.forename: Kati
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Päätalo
authors.affiliation: b Research Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, Faculty of Medicine , University of Oulu , PO Box 5000, 90014 Oulu , Finland.
authors.forename: Helvi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kyngäs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: hospitals; nurses; psychometrics; scale; well-being at work