Abstract

ANTONIO, Catarina André Silva; SANTOS, Eduardo José Ferreira dos; CUNHA, Madalena  and  DUARTE, João Carvalho. Psychometric study of the Nursing Care Scale for Pain Management. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2019, vol.serIV, n.22, pp.51-61. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIV19039.

Background: Pain is inefficiently managed by nurses in part due to the lack of tools capable of measuring and monitoring such practice. Objective: To assess the psychometric properties of the Nursing Care Scale for Pain Management. Methodology: This descriptive correlational study assessed internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis using the covariance matrix - maximum likelihood algorithm. Results: The study involved 260 nurses with a mean age of 35.42 years, 78.5% of whom were women. After the refinement of the scale, the overall internal consistency was a = 0.95, and the score by factors was: initial assessment a = 0.85; Planning a = 0.76; Implementation of non-pharmacological interventions a = 0.80; Educating the person with pain a = 0.89; Registration a = 0.76; Reassessment a = 0.81, and Implementation of pharmacological interventions a = 0.70. The highest mean values of the overall scores are related to pharmacological interventions (3.13 ± 0.60). Conclusion: The scale is a reliable and valid tool for assessing the pain management practices of Portuguese nurses. Most nurses apply pharmacological interventions to manage the pain endured by patients.

Keywords : pain; pain management; nursing care; psychometrics.

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