Reliability and validity of Chinese version of the Client-Centred Care Questionnaire

Objective To translate the English version of the Client-Centred Care Questionnaire (CCCQ) into Chinese and to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of CCCQ. Methods The English version of CCCQ was translated into Chinese by the method of double translation-translation. Totally 320 chronic patients were recruited and they were investigated by the Chinese version of CCCQ. Results The Cronbach coefficient of the Chinese version of CCCQ was 0.925, P<0.01. The retest reliability was 0.807, P<0.01. The split-half reliability with r=0.883, P<0.01. The content validity index (CVI) was 0.956, and every purpose CVI values were above 0.8. Factor analysis got one factor, which explained 52.549% of the total variance, and each objective factor loading was above 0.4. Conclusions The Chinese version of CCCQ has been proved to be reliable and valid. It can be used as a valid tool for the chronic patients to measure their perceptions of the quality of nursing care. Key words: Patient-centred care; Nursing audit; Questionnaires; Reliability; Validity