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KMID : 0614820050110020033
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2005 Volume.11 No. 2 p.33 ~ p.43
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A Study on the Development of Verbal Abuse Scale for Scale for
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Sung Young-Hee
Yoon Ke-Sook
Jung Hye-Sun
Jang Boo-Yung
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Abstract
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Purpose : The Purpose of this study was to development a verbal abuse scale for operating room nurses in Korea.
Methods : To achieve the purpose of the study, a questionnaire was developed to interview 30 nurses and distributed to 761 nurses who working at 28 general hospital in Korea from september 7 to November 25, 2004. Item analysis and factor analysis were carried out to validate violence predicting scale. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient was used to test reliability of the scale. The data were analyzed by using SPSS/WIN 11.5 program.
Results : As a result of the item analysis and factor analysis, 17 items were selected from the total of 30 items,
and four factors were labeled as ‘self esteem abuse by nurses(7 items)’, ‘self esteem abuse by physicians(6 items)’,
‘sexual abuse by physicians(2 items)’, ‘colleague abuse by physicians(2 items)’. Four factors were explained by 60.8%
out of the total variance. The first factor explained 35.456%, second factor explained 12.401% and third factor explained
6.637%. And fourth factor explained 6.304%. Reliability of the factors were tested by Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient and result
was 0.885.
Conclusion : The scale was identified to be a tool with a high degree of reliability and validity. Therefore, this
scale can be effectively utilized for assessment of verbal abuse for operating room nurses by nurses and physicians in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Verbal abuse, Operating room nurse
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