Nursing Research and Practice / 2014 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Validation of a New Instrument for Self-Assessment of Nurses’ Core Competencies in Palliative Care Table 2 Internal consistencies of the latent variables and means, loadings and standard error of the items from analysis (
, chi-square = 378, d.f. = 283, CFI = 0.95, RMSEA = 0.05, and SRMR = 0.07).
Mean Loading S.E. Life closure skills (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.84)
3.77 0.70** 0.07
3.670 0.96** 0.07
3.65 0.57** 0.07 Systematic use of ESAS (CA = 0.97)
3.645 0.750** 0.04
2.29 0.94** 0.01
2.70 0.96** 0.01
2.61 0.93** 0.01
2.76 0.95** 0.01
2.49 0.93** 0.01 Teamwork skills (CA = 0.72)
3.71 0.70** 0.06
3.49 0.80** 0.05
3.60 0.74** 0.05
3.08 0.68** 0.06
3.48 0.60** 0.07 Knowledge in symptom management (CA = 0.68)
3.41 0.54** 0.08
3.08 0.76** 0.06
3.09 0.68** 0.06
3.26 0.67** 0.06
3.37 0.40** 0.09 Interpersonal skills: patients (CA = 0.57)
3.15 0.84** 0.09
2.98 0.43** 0.10
3.80 0.42** 0.10 Interpersonal skills: young relatives (CA = 0.86)
2.04 0.89** 0.06
1.82 0.81** 0.06 Interpersonal skills: adult relatives (CA = 0.51)
3.41 0.62** 0.13
3.71 0.57** 0.10 Second order factor interpersonal skills IP patients 0.81** 0.08 IP young relatives 0.74** 0.12 IP Adult relatives 0.85** 0.12
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