<p>Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P-NICS) for Patients with COVID-19</p>

Abstract

Background: Given the high incidence of coronavirus and the shortage of nurses in Iranian hospitals, nurses' intention to care for patients with COVID-19 is important. The aim of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the nurses' intention to care scale (NICS) by Iranian nurses who care for patients with COVID-19 in hospitals. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on nurses (n= 400) at public and private Mazandaran hospitals. An online questionnaire was used that consisted of two parts: demographic variables and NICS. The scale was translated into Persian first and then validated using both construct and content validity. Results: The findings from an exploratory factor analysis yielded six factors that explained 53.12% of the total variance of the NICS. The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the model had a good fit and the inter-item correlation values of the factors indicated good internal consistency. Conclusion: The Persian version of NICS in Iranian nurses had six factors. The results of our study add insight for nurse administrators and educators to further develop strategies to increase nurses' intention by improving positive attitudes and reducing their negative beliefs.

Nursing work intention, stress, and professionalism in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran: A cross-sectional study

“…Self-efficacy, prior training, and information on the transmission of COVID-19, concerning about spread-ing disease to family, belief in a duty of care, the perceived value of one's response and empathy for patients affect nurses' intentions and willingness to work during epidemics and disasters [24][25][26][27][28]. Therefore, it is vital to understand nurses motivations for willingness to provide nursing care during a pandemic to inform current epidemic planning.…”

“…In a study conducted during the MERS outbreak in Saudi Arabia, receiving financial benefits lowered their stress and encouraged their intention to work in a future pandemic [32]. Providing extra bonus can decrease nurses negative attitudes toward caring for patients with COVID-19 and increase nursing intention [26]. However, some other studies have reported opposite results wherein no difference was reported between willingness of nurses to provide nursing care and demographic variables in H1N1 influenza and COVID-19 [28,50].…”

A model of nurses’ intention to care of patients with COVID‐19: Mediating roles of job satisfaction and organisational commitment

“… Demographic information includes age, gender, marital status, years of work experience and education level (bachelor's or master's degree). Intention to care was measured using Persian version of Nurses’ Intention to Care Scale (P‐NICS) for Patients with COVID‐19. It consisted of 31 items and six domains: positive behavioural beliefs, negative behavioural beliefs, family subjective norms, work subjective norms, positive control beliefs and negative control beliefs (Rahmatpour et al, 2020). An intention to care variable was computed from the six subscales.…”

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“…The Iranian healthcare system is struggling with challenges such as a shortage of nursing staff, migration of educated nurses to developed countries, nurses’ turnover, and pressure of imposed sanctions by the United States (2020; Shamsi & Peyravi, 2020; Sharif Nia et al, 2021; Shojaeimotlagh et al, 2018). Undoubtedly, one of the most important factors in the reduction of the number of Iranian nurses is the issue of their job satisfaction.…”