<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_FON-2019-0016_s_006_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>To follow the guidelines of intercultural adaptation provided by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) Evidence-Based Medicine Committee, translating the original scale and evaluating the reliability and validity, and then to compile the Chinese version of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale (MAVAS) for nurses in emergency room in the mainland of China.</p></sec><sec id="j_FON-2019-0016_s_007_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>This study consists of two phases of testing: (1) translation: forward translation, synthesis, back translation, expert committee review, and pretesting; (2) psychometric properties: content and construct validity, internal consistency, and test–retest reliability.</p></sec><sec id="j_FON-2019-0016_s_008_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>The Chinese version of MAVAS and the original version showed excellent similarities and equivalence. The average Scale-level Content Validity Index was 0.904, and the Item-level Content Validity Index ranged from 0.80 to 1.00. The construct validity was tested using confirmatory factor analysis by LISREL 8.7; χ2/<italic>df</italic> of the scale was 4.781&lt;5, NFI, NNFI, CFI, IFI>0.90, indicating that the scale’s factor structure model fitted better. The internal consistency was satisfactory (scale, Cronbach’s α=0.94; subscales, Cronbach’s α=0.74–0.90), and the test–retest reliability over 2 weeks was good (scale, Pearson’s coefficient=0.996; subscales, Pearson’s coefficient=0.801–0.963).</p></sec><sec id="j_FON-2019-0016_s_009_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The Chinese version of MAVAS had an excellent feasibility. It was found to be a valid and reliable tool to assess nurses’ attitude toward patients’ violence in emergency department.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveTo follow the guidelines of intercultural adaptation provided by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) Evidence-Based Medicine Committee, translating the original scale and evaluating the reliability and validity, and then to compile the Chinese version of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale (MAVAS) for nurses in emergency room in the mainland of China.MethodsThis study consists of two phases of testing: (1) translation: forward translation, synthesis, back translation, expert committee review, and pretesting; (2) psychometric properties: content and construct validity, internal consistency, and test–retest reliability.ResultsThe Chinese version of MAVAS and the original version showed excellent similarities and equivalence. The average Scale-level Content Validity Index was 0.904, and the Item-level Content Validity Index ranged from 0.80 to 1.00. The construct validity was tested using confirmatory factor analysis by LISREL 8.7; χ2/df of the scale was 4.781<5, NFI, NNFI, CFI, IFI>0.90, indicating that the scale’s factor structure model fitted better. The internal consistency was satisfactory (scale, Cronbach’s α=0.94; subscales, Cronbach’s α=0.74–0.90), and the test–retest reliability over 2 weeks was good (scale, Pearson’s coefficient=0.996; subscales, Pearson’s coefficient=0.801–0.963).ConclusionsThe Chinese version of MAVAS had an excellent feasibility. It was found to be a valid and reliable tool to assess nurses’ attitude toward patients’ violence in emergency department.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale for nurse in emergency department

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveTo follow the guidelines of intercultural adaptation provided by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) Evidence-Based Medicine Committee, translating the original scale and evaluating the reliability and validity, and then to compile the Chinese version of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale (MAVAS) for nurses in emergency room in the mainland of China.MethodsThis study consists of two phases of testing: (1) translation: forward translation, synthesis, back translation, expert committee review, and pretesting; (2) psychometric properties: content and construct validity, internal consistency, and test–retest reliability.ResultsThe Chinese version of MAVAS and the original version showed excellent similarities and equivalence. The average Scale-level Content Validity Index was 0.904, and the Item-level Content Validity Index ranged from 0.80 to 1.00. The construct validity was tested using confirmatory factor analysis by LISREL 8.7; χ2/df of the scale was 4.7810.90, indicating that the scale’s factor structure model fitted better. The internal consistency was satisfactory (scale, Cronbach’s α=0.94; subscales, Cronbach’s α=0.74–0.90), and the test–retest reliability over 2 weeks was good (scale, Pearson’s coefficient=0.996; subscales, Pearson’s coefficient=0.801–0.963).ConclusionsThe Chinese version of MAVAS had an excellent feasibility. It was found to be a valid and reliable tool to assess nurses’ attitude toward patients’ violence in emergency department.

ObjectiveTo follow the guidelines of intercultural adaptation provided by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) Evidence-Based Medicine...

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale for nurse in emergency department

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jul 10, 2019

Page range: 107 - 114

Received: Jul 24, 2018

Accepted: Sep 29, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/FON-2019-0016

Keywords
violence, cross-cultural adaptation, MAVAS, emergency department, ED, psychometric properties

© 2019 Rui Chang and Hui Yang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale for nurse in emergency department

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jul 10, 2019

Page range: 107 - 114

Received: Jul 24, 2018

Accepted: Sep 29, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/FON-2019-0016

Keywordsviolence, cross-cultural adaptation, MAVAS, emergency department, ED, psychometric properties

© 2019 Rui Chang and Hui Yang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
violence, cross-cultural adaptation, MAVAS, emergency department, ED, psychometric properties