Research Article

Trainers’ Attitudes towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Current Care Guidelines, and Training

Table 2

Factor loading of the questionnaire distributed to the nurses consisting of 58 items using maximum likelihood and varimax rotation. Eigenvalues, total variance explained by factors, and Cronbach’s alphas for scales are presented in the table.

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Scale 1. Usefulness
(14) Resuscitation guidelines can improve the quality of health care.809
(15) Resuscitation guidelines are a convenient source of advice.808
(16) Resuscitation guidelines are useful as educational tools.651
(17) Resuscitation guidelines are based on scientific evidence.598
(18) Resuscitation guidelines can improve the interaction between patients and healthcare personnel.582
(14) Resuscitation guidelines can improve the quality of healthcare.434
Scale 2. Restrictions
(20) Resuscitation guidelines challenge the autonomy of care providers.830
(19) To implement resuscitation guidelines is too expensive for us.703
(23) Resuscitation guidelines oversimplify medical practice.534
Scale 3. Personal and Organisation
(25) Resuscitation guidelines are difficult to find if needed.974
(12) My occupational competence is insufficient for adopting the latest resuscitation guidelines.322
(21) Resuscitation guidelines are not valued in our organization.867
(22) Most of our team members have disapproving attitudes about resuscitation guidelines.477
(24) I have not seen the guidelines in the unit I have last worked in.440
Eigenvalues4.801.901.201.14
Variance explained (%)34.0713.538.578.13
Cronbach’s alpha0.8040.7750.5180.648