Application of Fuzzy Delphi Method to Validate Content of Spiritual Intelligence Instrument for Muslim Nurses

Abstract

Background & PurposeThis study aims to consolidate expert views and validated 371 items for developing spiritual intelligence instrument for Muslim nurses guided by the Spiritual Intelligence Model for Human Excellence (SIMHE).MethodsA Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) was used to validate these items and analyzed with Triangular Fuzzy Numbers and Defuzzification process. Views from 20 experts from three different backgrounds, namely, theology/Sufism, psychology and Islamic counseling, and evaluation and measurement, were also included in the validation process.ResultsAll items fulfilled the prerequisite of a threshold level of (d) ≤ 0.2, which obtained more than 75% of expert consensus and ±-cut value ≥ of 0.5.ConclusionThe FDM analysis results indicated that all items could further validate the instrument using Rasch measurement analysis.