Reliability and validity of Chinese version of the Oncology Patients' Perceptions of the Quality of Nursing Care Scale

Objective To translate the English version of the Oncology Patients' Perceptions of the Quality of Nursing Care Scale (OPPQNCS) into Chinese and to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of OPPQNCS in oncology patients. Methods The English version of OPPQNCS was translated by Brislin translation mode.Totally 320 oncology patients were recruited and were investigated by the Chinese version of OPPQNCS. Results The internal consistency coefficient of the Chinese version of OPPQNCS was more than 0.70, ranged from 0.804 to 0.964; the test-retest was 0.826. The content validity index(CVI) was 0.845-1.000, the average CVI was 0.925. Factor analysis got four factors, which explained 78.548% of the total variance. And every objective factor loading were greater than 0.4. Conclusions The Chinese version of OPPQNCS has been proved to be reliable and valid. It can be used as a valid tool for the oncology patients to measure their perceptions of the quality of nursing care they got. Key words: Neoplasms; Reliability; Validity; Oncology Patients' Perceptions of the Quality of Nursing Care Scale