El índice de validez de contenido global fue 0.8690. Un total de 16 características definitorias alcanzaron carácter crítico (>0.80). CONCLUSIÓN: El presente estudio apoya la propuesta de elaborar un diagnóstico de enfermería para la respuesta humana al desempleo. IMPLICACIONES PRÁCTICAS: Los resultados obtenidos sugieren que la inclusión en la taxonomía NANDA-I del diagnóstico "trastorno por desempleo" permitiría a los profesionales de enfermería identificar el problema, sus causas y manifestaciones, y por lo tanto ofrecerían la información necesaria para planificar las intervenciones y resultados más pertinentes.

This study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the newly completed unemployment syndrome scale (USS).Method: Using a cross-sectional descriptive design, 319 long-term unemployed people completed a questionnaire.Findings: Internal consistency reliability was supported by Cronbach's α value of .912 for the total scale. To assess the construct validity of the USS, we examined convergent validity, known-groups validity, and exploratory factor analysis. We also assessed convergent validity by examining the relationship between the USS and five other related and known concepts. The Exploratory Factor Analysis performed on the USS extracted three factors with Eigen values >1 (Kaiser's Criterion), which explained the variability of 55.16%.As hypothesized, all correlations were moderate. On the other hand, regarding knowngroups validity, the hypotheses were validated.Conclusions: This evidence of the reliability and validity of USS supports its use in research and clinical practice to evaluate the impact of long-term unemployment and its treatment. Relevance to clinical practice:The USS is a Spanish clinical tool for the assessment of patients with unemployment syndrome symptoms and integral needs care by nursing professionals.

PURPOSETo develop a scale for a group of symptoms based on the unemployment syndrome.METHODSThe development consisted of four phases: (I) review of literature, (II) concept elicitation, (III) concept selection and item construction, and (IV) content validation.FINDINGSTwenty final items that were established as adequate for being included in the instrument.CONCLUSIONThe unemployment syndrome scale could be used to identify the needs and sintomatology of unemployed people and support the identification of the syndrome.IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICEThe instrument makes it possible to assess the symptomatology specific to the syndrome and to record properly the assessment of the biopsychosocial conditions on the part of the nursing profession for providing quality comprehensive care.