Content validation of hopelessness in Slovakia and Czech Republic
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Validation Study
- MeSH
- Affective Symptoms ethnology nursing MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Factor Analysis, Statistical MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Morale * MeSH
- Nursing Diagnosis * MeSH
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales * MeSH
- Psychometrics MeSH
- Reproducibility of Results MeSH
- Check Tag
- Adult MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Multicenter Study MeSH
- Validation Study MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
- Slovakia MeSH
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to validate the content of nursing diagnosis hopelessness in Slovak and Czech social and cultural contexts. METHODS: The Fehring's Diagnostic Content Validity Model was used to measure the importance of diagnostic characteristics of hopelessness. FINDINGS: Only three NANDA characteristics and five Nowotny Hope Scale characteristics have reached the value of weighted average of the scores for defining characteristics. CONCLUSION: NANDA characteristics are concerned with the affective-behavioral dimension of hopelessness. Nowotny Hope Scale characteristics that reached high importance in our study are concerned with its cognitive-temporal dimension. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: The defining characteristics of hopelessness identified in our study could be tested in the development of instrument to measure hope in clinical practice.
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