Psychometric Testing of the Oncology Nurses Health Behaviors Determinants Scale: A Cross-Sectional Study

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• Alternative Title:
  Semin Oncol Nurs
• Personal Author:
  Abu-Alhaija, Dania ; Miller, Elaine ; Shaughnessy, Elizabeth ; Bakas, Tamilyn
• Description:
  Objectives:
  
  Oncology nurses’ adherence to chemotherapy safe handling guidelines is essential to prevent hazards of chemotherapy exposure. A review of the literature revealed the need for an instrument with evidence of reliability and validity to measure factors influencing adherence to safe chemotherapy handling guidelines among oncology nurses. The purpose of this study was to psychometrically test the Oncology Nurses’ Health Behaviors Determinants Scale (HBDS-ON) that measures the mentioned factors.
  
  Data Sources:
  
  Methodological research of a quantitative cross-sectional survey design was employed. The study surveys were administered by email to a sample of 108 oncology nurses. Cronbach’s alpha, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis using principal axis factoring, and convergence validity testing were used to test reliability and validity.
  
  Conclusion:
  
  Factor analysis yielded 6 subscales, each having acceptable internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s alpha between 0.70-0.88). The subscales included 4 oncology nurse health beliefs (perceived threat, benefits, barriers, and self-efficacy), cues to action, and personal protective equipment availability and accessibility. Convergence validity testing results support the HBDS-ON construct validity. Oncology nurses’ self-efficacy to adherence to chemotherapy handling guidelines, the perceived barriers to adhere to chemotherapy handling guidelines, and cues to action are associated with adherence to chemotherapy handling guidelines.
  
  Implications for Nursing Practice:
  
  Oncology nurses’ health beliefs, the cues to action, and PPE availability and accessibility are important determinants of nurses’ adherence to chemotherapy handling guidelines. The Oncology Nurses Health Behaviors Determinants Scale is an instrument which has evidence of reliability and validity and could be used in practice to measure these determinants.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cross-Sectional Studies Humans Nurses Personal Protective Equipment Psychometrics Reproducibility Of Results Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Adherence Chemotherapy Exposure Health Belief Model Nurse Occupational Health Scale
• Source:
  Semin Oncol Nurs. 39(6):151515
• Pubmed ID:
  37880012
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10841541
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T42 OH008432/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR001425/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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