Abstract
Abstract
Background:
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) train-the-trainer workshops prepare participants to teach ELNEC content to others. In 2010, researchers in Japan developed and validated the End-of-Life Nursing Education Questionnaire (ELNEQ) to measure the impact of ELNEC workshops on participants' readiness to teach the content.
Objective:
The study's objective was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the English version of the ELNEQ.
Design and Subjects:
The study was a pre-test/posttest cross-sectional survey design with 113 participants.
Measurements:
The English version of the ELNEQ is composed of 20 items measuring five domains related to teaching end-of-life (EOL) content: confidence in teaching; motivation for teaching; preparedness to teach; preparedness to lead initiatives; and expected influence on participants.
Results:
Reliability was established for all domains (Cronbach's α±range 0.83–0.99) and the scale as a whole (Cronbach's α±= 0.92), as was content validity at the item level. Confirmatory factor analysis showed excellent fit for both the first order and second order factor models. Sensitivity was confirmed as comparisons between pre- and posttest results on all scales and overall were significant.
Conclusions:
The English version of the ELNEQ is a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring the impact of ELNEC train-the-trainer workshops.
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