Abstract
ResumeObjective:to translate and validate to Spanish the Caring Assessment Scale tool, CAT-V, by Joanne Duffy, within the framework of Jean Watson; as a secondary objective, it is proposed to evaluate its psychometric properties. There are tools designed to measure the patient’s perception of provided cares, including CAT-V, the subject of our interest, in a way that it can be used in Spanish-speaking patients. Methods:to meet the objectives, it was performed sequential translation and retro-translation of the scale to be validated, through a standardized procedure. The final version of that scale was validated in a sample of 349 patients from four public and two private hospitals in Madrid, Spain. Results:The instrument was translated and validated with high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha .953). The subsequent factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure, not coincident with the data from the US population. Conclusion:it is considered that the translation of CAT-V is a suitable instrument to be used in the evaluation of patient care in Ibero-american health centers whose language is Spanish.
Highlights
Societies nowadays poses several strong demands in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, presented to health professionals working for them
After an evaluation of aspects of other instruments already used previously in research and applicable in the clinical settings, we considered the Caring Assessment Tool (CAT)-V questionnaire can be an ideal tool to evaluate the perception of the caring behaviors in the Spanish population, given its object of study, which is not so much the overall patient satisfaction with care, but focuses on the human aspects of such assistance provided by the nursing staff
While at first we thought in designing an original scale, it was considered that it could be more operational and useful regarding possible comparisons with other studies from other countries, we opted for the process of translation and adaptation of an instrument that has been previously validated, and whose psychometric properties have been analyzed, such as CAT-V, into Spanish, applicable in Spain and Latin America
Summary
Societies nowadays poses several strong demands in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, presented to health professionals working for them. The concept of patient and client is well established in both the public and private health, and this is only acceptable if this concept does not go against the perspective of quality of care and the humanization of care. The term “caring behaviors” was defined as what the nurses say or do when they transmit care to patients[2]. Some authors claim that those are actions typical of concern for the welfare of a patient, such as sensitivity, hospitality, attentive listening, honesty and nonjudgmental acceptance[3]
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