Validation of Chinese Version of the 4-item Trust in Nurses Scale in Patients with Cancer

Overview

Journal Patient Prefer Adherence

Date 2017 Nov 16

PMID 29138542

Citations 4

Authors

Ling Zhao

Rong Wang

Shan Liu

Jin Yan

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

Objective: This study was designed to examine the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct, and concurrent validity of the Trust in Nurses Scale (TNS) in hospitalized patients with cancer in China.

Methods: Between October and December 2016, the Chinese version of TNS and Nurse-Patient Trust Scale were applied to assess 190 patients with cancer in a general hospital. A subsample of 70 patients completed the TNS again 1 week later.

Results: The Chinese version of the TNS had good internal consistency (=0.817), fair test-retest reliability (=0.866), and confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated good fit for a four-item version of the TNS.

Conclusion: The Chinese TNS exhibited sufficient validity and reliability in hospitalized patients with cancer.

Citing Articles

Trust in nurses and its association with medication adherence of cardiovascular patients: A descriptive correlational study.

Aliafsari Mamaghani E, Soleimani A, Zirak M Int J Nurs Stud Adv. 2025; 8:100278.

PMID: 39759401 PMC: 11697126. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100278.

Trust in Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Instruments Designed to Measure Trust in Medical Care Studies.

Sarbazi E, Sadeghi-Bazargani H, Sheikhalipour Z, Farahbakhsh M, Ala A, Soleimanpour H J Caring Sci. 2024; 13(2):116-137.

PMID: 39318733 PMC: 11417298. DOI: 10.34172/jcs.33152.

Patient trust in nurses: exploring the relationship with care quality and communication skills in emergency departments.

Bahari Z, Vosoghi N, Ramazanzadeh N, Moshfeghi S, Aghamohammadi M BMC Nurs. 2024; 23(1):595.

PMID: 39183274 PMC: 11345954. DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-02241-z.

The relationship between the level of trust in nurses and nursing care quality perceptions of patients treated for Covid-19.

Coskun Palaz S, Kayacan S Scand J Caring Sci. 2022; 37(2):364-372.

PMID: 35942605 PMC: 9538283. DOI: 10.1111/scs.13114.

References

Charalambous A, Radwin L, Berg A, Sjovall K, Patiraki E, Lemonidou C . An international study of hospitalized cancer patients' health status, nursing care quality, perceived individuality in care and trust in nurses: A path analysis. Int J Nurs Stud. 2016; 61:176-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.06.013. View

Dinc L, Gastmans C . Trust in nurse-patient relationships: a literature review. Nurs Ethics. 2013; 20(5):501-16. DOI: 10.1177/0969733012468463. View

Thorne S, Robinson C . Reciprocal trust in health care relationships. J Adv Nurs. 1988; 13(6):782-9. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1988.tb00570.x. View

Brennan N, Barnes R, Calnan M, Corrigan O, Dieppe P, Entwistle V . Trust in the health-care provider-patient relationship: a systematic mapping review of the evidence base. Int J Qual Health Care. 2013; 25(6):682-8. DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt063. View

Charter R . Testing the equality of two or more split-half reliability coefficients. Psychol Rep. 2001; 88(3 Pt 1):844-6. DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.844. View

Eisinga R, Te Grotenhuis M, Pelzer B . The reliability of a two-item scale: Pearson, Cronbach, or Spearman-Brown?. Int J Public Health. 2012; 58(4):637-42. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0416-3. View

Sousa V, Rojjanasrirat W . Translation, adaptation and validation of instruments or scales for use in cross-cultural health care research: a clear and user-friendly guideline. J Eval Clin Pract. 2010; 17(2):268-74. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01434.x. View

Terwee C, Bot S, de Boer M, van der Windt D, Knol D, Dekker J . Quality criteria were proposed for measurement properties of health status questionnaires. J Clin Epidemiol. 2006; 60(1):34-42. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.03.012. View

Giavarina D . Understanding Bland Altman analysis. Biochem Med (Zagreb). 2015; 25(2):141-51. PMC: 4470095. DOI: 10.11613/BM.2015.015. View

10.

Bell L, Duffy A . A concept analysis of nurse-patient trust. Br J Nurs. 2009; 18(1):46-51. DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2009.18.1.32091. View

11.

Stolt M, Charalambous A, Radwin L, Adam C, Katajisto J, Lemonidou C . Measuring trust in nurses - Psychometric properties of the Trust in Nurses Scale in four countries. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2016; 25:46-54. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2016.09.006. View

12.

Radwin L, Washko M, Suchy K, Tyman K . Development and pilot testing of four desired health outcomes scales. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2005; 32(1):92-6. DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.92-96. View

13.

Sellman D . Trusting patients, trusting nurses. Nurs Philos. 2007; 8(1):28-36. DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2007.00294.x. View

14.

Chen W, Zheng R, Baade P, Zhang S, Zeng H, Bray F . Cancer statistics in China, 2015. CA Cancer J Clin. 2016; 66(2):115-32. DOI: 10.3322/caac.21338. View

15.

Altuntas S, Baykal U . Relationship between nurses' organizational trust levels and their organizational citizenship behaviors. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2010; 42(2):186-94. DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01347.x. View

16.

Radwin L, Cabral H . Trust in Nurses Scale: construct validity and internal reliability evaluation. J Adv Nurs. 2010; 66(3):683-9. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05168.x. View

17.

McDonald R, Ho M . Principles and practice in reporting structural equation analyses. Psychol Methods. 2002; 7(1):64-82. DOI: 10.1037/1082-989x.7.1.64. View

18.

Miner-Williams D . Connectedness in the nurse-patient relationship: a grounded theory study. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2007; 28(11):1215-34. DOI: 10.1080/01612840701651462. View

19.

Ozaras G, Abaan S . Investigation of the trust status of the nurse-patient relationship. Nurs Ethics. 2016; 25(5):628-639. DOI: 10.1177/0969733016664971. View

20.

Shepherd M . Behind the scales: child and family health nurses taking care of women's emotional wellbeing. Contemp Nurse. 2011; 37(2):137-48. DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.37.2.137. View