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Objective To test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tool (CNAT) in cancer patients.Methods We translated the scale following the translation-integrationback translation-expert review procedure,conducted a pilot study among 30 cancer patients.After modifying the scale to adapt to Chinese culture,the reliability and validity of the CNAT scale was tested in a large-scale sample of 300 patients.Results The Chinese version of CNAT had 59 items with a total of seven domains.Principal component analysis resulted in an 8-factor structure explaining 70.325％ of the total variance.The Cronbach's α coefficient for the total CNAT score was 0.952,and 0.824～0.948 for every domain.Test-retest reliability was 0.807 for the overall scale,and 0.790～0.902 for every domain.The split-half for the overall scale was 0.812,and for every domain were 0.732～0.835.Conclusion The Chinese version of CNAT appears to possess adequate validity,testretest reliability and internal consistency.The newly translated Chinese version of CNAT may be used to assess the comprehensive needs of cancer patients in China.
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Objective We aimed to investigate the community nurses' awareness of health policy,related behaviors and paths of learning.Methods A total of 150 community nurses were enrolled in this study by answering a self-completion questionnaire.The survey contents included general conditions of nurses,awareness,related behaviors and paths of learning of community health policy.Results 91.7％ of the respondents believed that heahh policy was important or very important,but only 10.4％ of the respondents understood health policy fully.71.5％ said that they would lecture patients health policy actively and 70.8％ would lecture their colleagues actively.51.4％ respondents would like to take part in policy-making if they were allowed.Education background,professional title and the awareness of health policy were factors of community nurses' policy related behaviors.They learned health policy by working meeting,training and documents.Conclusions It is necessary to improve their school record and adjust their professional title,to strengthen the publicity of health policy by broaden channels of publicity.By these,community nurses' awareness of health policy would be improved,their policy related behaviors would be promoted.Further,the health policy would be well delivered and implemented.