Reliability and Validity of the Japanese Version of the Implementation Leadership Scale for Nurse Managers and Staff Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Implementation leadership scale, subscale, and item statistics.

	Nurse manager, n = 67			Staff, n = 484
	Mean	SD	α	Mean	SD	ICC(1)	awg	α
1. Proactive leadership	1.33	1.04	0.91	1.57	1.06	0.21	0.54	0.94
(1) Developed a plan to facilitate EBP implementation	1.15	0.96		1.48	1.06		0.51
(2) Removed obstacles to implementation of EBP	0.91	0.95		1.29	1.08		0.52
(3) Established clear standards for implementation of EBP	1.13	0.90		1.45	1.01		0.54
2. Knowledgeable leadership	1.54	0.91	0.97	1.93	1.12	0.19	0.50	0.97
(4) Is knowledgeable about EBP	1.49	0.94		1.85	1.13		0.53
(5) Is able to answer staff questions about EBP	1.42	0.94		1.86	1.12		0.47
(6) Knows what he/she is talking about when it comes to EBP	1.48	0.91		1.88	1.09		0.47
3. Supportive leadership	2.15	0.94	0.96	2.00	1.15	0.22	0.56	0.96
(7) Recognizes and appreciates employee efforts	1.93	0.96		1.87	1.17		0.49
(8) Supports employee efforts to learn more about EBP	1.99	0.96		1.88	1.16		0.56
(9) Supports employee efforts to use EBP	2.02	0.91		1.92	1.11		0.56
4. Perseverant leadership	1.58	0.94	0.97	1.79	1.13	0.16	0.52	0.97
(10) Perseveres through the ups and downs of implementing	1.54	0.96		1.78	1.11		0.51
(11) Carries on through the challenges of implementing EBP	1.43	1.00		1.82	1.12		0.51
(12) Reacts to critical issues regarding implementation of EBP	1.52	0.94		1.80	1.08		0.51
Implementation leadership scale total	1.54	0.81	0.96	1.76	0.98	0.22		0.97

Note. Range [0–4]; SD: standard deviation.