@article{8702571,
  abstract     = {{Mental health nurses are struggling to describe their nursing identity as professional discipline in a changing mental health care. Measuring nurse-sensitive patient outcomes and demonstrating nursing's effect(s) experienced by patients contribute to (re)discover the specific nursing identity. However, a valid and reliable scale is currently lacking. The aim of this study was the development and psychometric evaluation of the Mental Health Nurse-Sensitive Patient Outcome Scale (MH-NURSE-POS) for inpatient psychiatric hospital settings. This three-staged study resulted in a scale capturing how inpatients experience the contribution of nurses in their treatment in psychiatric hospitals. First, a draft questionnaire was developed based on a literature review, an independent expert's advice, and an experts panel. Second, the content validity was tested in a two-round Delphi-procedure and focus groups with patients. A pilot test, based on cognitive interviews, confirmed the feasibility of the questionnaire. Third, the psychometric properties of the mental health nurse-sensitive patient outcomes were determined in a sample of 353 patients. The cross-sectional study included a convenience sample of five psychiatric hospitals (Belgium). The factor structure (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy 0.924; Bartlett's test of sphericity chi2 =4162.537; df=231; P<0.001), convergent validity by the Individualized Care Scale (Pearson correlation 0.660; P<0.001), and reliability (Cronbach's Alpha 0.854) were evaluated. The factor analysis resulted in a four-factor solution representing growth, expression, control, and motivation. The Mental Health Nurse-Sensitive Patient Outcome Scale is a valid and reliable tool to measure the effectiveness of mental health nurses from the patient perspective.}},
  author       = {{Desmet, Karel and Duprez, Veerle and Deproost, Eddy and Beeckman, Dimitri and Goossens, Peter and Van Hecke, Ann and Verhaeghe, Sofie}},
  issn         = {{1445-8330}},
  journal      = {{INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING}},
  keywords     = {{professional-patient relations,patient reported outcome measures,professional,psychiatric nursing,psychometrics,questionnaires,surveys}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{988--1000}},
  title        = {{The development and psychometric evaluation of the Mental Health Nurse-Sensitive Patient Outcome-Scale (MH-NURSE-POS) for inpatient psychiatric hospital settings}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/inm.12853}},
  volume       = {{30}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}

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