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A Chinese Version of the Caring Dimensions Inventory: Reliability and Validity Assessment

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  • Lai-Kun Tong

    (Research Management and Development Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China)

  • Ming-Xia Zhu

    (Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China)

  • Si-Chen Wang

    (Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China)

  • Pak-Leng Cheong

    (Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China)

  • Iat-Kio Van

    (Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau 999078, China)

Abstract

Caring is central to nursing practice. Chinese nurses take care for the health of about 20% of the world’s population and their perception of caring is critical. However, until recently, instrument specifically designed to measure the caring of nurses in China was not found. Caring dimensions inventory (CDI) is one of the most frequently used instrument when measuring caring and is applicable to nurses from different cultures. The aim of this study is to test the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the 25-item CDI. The English version of CDI was translated into Chinese according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization. Content validity was conducted among seven senior nurses from different institutions in different cities in China. A convenience sample of nurses from 11 cities in China was employed. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis of the CDI was carried out using a sample of 880 nurses. The overall content validity index was 0.98. Three factors (Nurturance, Collaboration, Skill) were identified in exploratory factor analysis and were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The three-factor solution explains 70.15% of the total variance. The Cronbach alpha for overall the CDI was 0.97. This study demonstrated that the Chinese version of the CDI showed satisfactory reliability and validity, indicating that it could be a useful measurement to assess nurses’ perception of caring in China.

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  • Lai-Kun Tong & Ming-Xia Zhu & Si-Chen Wang & Pak-Leng Cheong & Iat-Kio Van, 2021. "A Chinese Version of the Caring Dimensions Inventory: Reliability and Validity Assessment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-10, June.
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    1. Neriman Akansel & Roger Watson & Nursel Aydin & Aysel Özdemir, 2013. "Mokken scaling of the Caring Dimensions Inventory (CDI‐25)," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(13-14), pages 1818-1826, July.
    2. Jun‐E Liu & Esther Mok & Thomas Wong, 2006. "Caring in nursing: investigating the meaning of caring from the perspective of cancer patients in Beijing, China," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(2), pages 188-196, February.
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    1. Lai-Kun Tong & Ming-Xia Zhu & Si-Chen Wang & Pak-Leng Cheong & Iat-Kio Van, 2021. "Nurses Who Are More Willing to Participate in the Fight against COVID-19: Evidence from China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-9, July.

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