Validation of Chinese version of the Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tool for cancer patients / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

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.