Development and reliability and validity test of Patient Comfort Scale after enterostomy / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To development a comfort scale for the patients after enterostomy,test its reliability and validity and to provide a tool for nursing staff to measure the comfort level of patients with enterostomy. Methods Pre-test scales were formed based on literature research methods, group meetings and expert consultation. A total of 310 patients after enterostomy were investigated in a top three hospital in Tianjin Union Medical Center, and the scale was tested by project analysis, validity analysis and reliability analysis. Results Exploratory factor analysis identified four principal factors which explained 52.584% , and the scale determined 4 dimensions, including 35 items. The Cronbach′s α coefficient of the scale was 0.937, the test-retest reliability was 0.846, and the half-fold reliability was 0.926. Conclusion The comfort scale for patients after enterostomy in this study has good reliability and validity. It can be used to evaluate the comfort of patients after enterostomy.