Psychometric testing of the revised “Families’ Importance in Nursing Care—Nurses’ Attitudes instrument”

Abstract

The removal of several items, relabeling of factors and residual cross-loading issues suggest that further revisions to the instrument are needed.

Importance of families in care of individuals with mental disorders: nurses' attitudes

“…The Families, Mental Disorders and Nurses' Attitudes Fernandes CSNN, Nóbrega MPSS, Angelo M, Torre MI, Chaves SCS original instrument was developed in Sweeden, 17 and validated, later on, for the Portuguese population 18 and has been applied in several studies. 7,15,16 The FINC-NA is composed of 26 items of Likert-type (4 options), and allows to measure the nurses' attitudes in its cognitive, affective and behavioral component. 17 In the calculation of the total value scale the greater the score obtained, the better will be the nurses' attitudes in front of the families.…”

“…[1][2][3][4] Members of a family provide a substantial quantity of care, 1,5,6 and the involvement of family members in the assistance of persons with a mental disorder is clinically relevant, because it improves the quality of the health care. 7 Know the links and the social support networks, namely the family, are facilitation strategies enlarger of mental health actions, thus, the family should be understood as a partner in facing and experiencing the mental disorder. 4 Historically, the family has been excluded from the support to the person with a mental disorder, because this person was hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals far away from their relatives.…”

“…5 The attitudes adopted by the nurses in relation to the family will determine the care process. 13 Being aware of this need, we developed this way, and, although there are studies conducted into the attitudes towards families in several contexts, 7,14,15 few is directed to the person with mental disorder. 16,17 In the mental health sector, it is important that we involve the families to care to maximize the quality of intervention offered.…”

Systematic review of measurement properties of instruments assessing nurses’ attitudes towards the importance of involving families in their clinical practice

“…A total of 19 studies were included in this systematic review reporting on the following five instruments used to assess nurses’ attitudes towards the importance of involving families in their clinical practice: Families’ Importance in Nursing Care: Nurses’ Attitudes (FINC‐NA) (Benzein, Johansson, Arestedt, Berg, Johansson, Arestedt, Berg, & Saveman, ; Blöndal et al, ; Hsiao & Tsai, ; Luttik et al, ; Pascual Fernández et al, ) and three further versions of the scale: a revised version (FINC‐NA‐R) (Gusdal, Josefsson, Thors Adolfsson, & Martin, ; Linnarsson, Benzein, & Årestedt, ; Saveman, Benzein, Engström, & Årestedt, ), a short version (FINC‐NA‐S) (Mackie, Marshall, Mitchell, & Ireland, ) and a modified Portuguese version (IFCE‐AE) (Oliveira et al., ). Family Nurse Practice Scale (FNPS) (Hsiao & Tsai, ; Simpson & Tarrant, ). Family Nurse Caring Belief Scale (FNCBS) (Meiers, Tomlinson, & Peden‐McAlpin, ). Family‐Centered Care Questionnaire (FCCQ) (Bruce & Ritchie, ) and a revised version (FCCQ‐R) (Alabdulaziz, Moss, & Copnell, ; Bruce et al, ; Caty, Larocque, & Koren, ; Coyne, Murphy, Costello, O'Neill, & Donnellan, ). Measure of Beliefs about Participation in Family‐Centered Service (MBP‐FCS) (Asai, ; King et al, ). …”

“…1. Families' Importance in Nursing Care: Nurses' Attitudes (FINC-NA) (Benzein, Johansson, Arestedt, Berg, Johansson, Arestedt, Berg, & Saveman, 2008;Blöndal et al, 2014;Hsiao & Tsai, 2015;Luttik et al, 2017;Pascual Fernández et al, 2015) and three further versions of the scale: a revised version (FINC-NA-R) (Gusdal, Josefsson, Thors Adolfsson, & Martin, 2017;Linnarsson, Benzein, & Årestedt, 2015;Saveman, Benzein, Engström, & Årestedt, 2011), a short version (FINC-NA-S) (Mackie, Marshall, Mitchell, & Ireland, 2017) and a modified Portuguese version (IFCE-AE) (Oliveira et al., 2011). (Hsiao & Tsai, 2015;Simpson & Tarrant, 2006).…”