ABSTRACT
Objective:To sinicize the Gerontological nursing competence (GeroNursingCom) scale and test its reliability and validity.Methods:This was a cross sectional investigation. The Brislin translation model was used for normal translation and back-translation, cultural adjustment and pre-investigation. The Chinese version of the GeroNursingCom scale was formed according to expert comments. From September to October 2021, a questionnaire survey was conducted by convenient sampling method on 312 nursing undergraduates from 3 undergraduate medical schools in Kunming to test its reliability and validity.Results:The Chinese version of the GeroNursingCom scale included 11 dimensions and a total of 50 items. The overall Cronbach′s α coefficient of the scale was 0.909, the Cronbach′s α coefficient of each dimension was 0.625-0.912, the split-half reliability coefficient was 0.768, and the test-retest reliability was 0.845. The scale-level content validity value was 0.930, and the item-level content validity value was 0.830-1.000. Exploratory factor analysis extracted a total of 11 common factors with eigenvalues>1, and the common interpretation of the results was 68.374%.Conclusions:The Chinese version of GeroNursingCom scale has good reliability and validity, and can be used as a tool to evaluate nursing interns' geriatric nursing ability.