Cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the nurse-specific end-of-life professional caregiver survey: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses' palliative and hospice care-specific education is associated with the quality of palliative and hospice care that influences health outcomes of patients with life-limiting illnesses and their caregivers. However, China lacks measures available to assess nurses' educational needs in palliative and hospice care. The End-of-Life Professional Caregiver Survey (EPCS) is a psychometrically reliable self-reporting scale to measure multidisciplinary professionals' palliative and hospice care educational needs. This study was performed to explore the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the EPCS (EPCS-C) among Chinese nurses.

Methods

We translated and culturally adapted the EPCS into Chinese based on Beaton and colleagues' instrument adaptation process

SUBMITTER: Zou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7885229 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature