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ISSN 2096-7446
CN 10-1655/R
Responsible Institution:China Association for Science and Technology
Sponsor:Chinese Nursing Association

Chinese Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing ›› 2025, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (10): 1201-1207.doi: 10.3761/j.issn.2096-7446.2025.10.008

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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Perceived Nursing Needs Scale for Parents of Neonates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

WU Yuyan(), TANG Chaoliang()   

  1. Neonatal Intensive Care UnitThe First People’s Hospital of HefeiHefei, 230041, China
  • Received:2025-01-04 Online:2025-10-10 Published:2025-09-25

Abstract:

Objective To develop and validate a scale for assessing the perceived nursing care needs of parents of neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit(NICU). Methods An initial draft of the scale was constructed through literature review,semi-structured interviews,and brainstorming techniques. After two rounds of Delphi expert consultation,a pilot version was finalized. From April to November 2024,convenience sampling was used to survey 367 parents of NICU patients across three tertiary Grade-A hospitals in Anhui Province to evaluate the scale’s reliability and validity. Results The Perceived Nursing Needs Scale for Parents of Neonates in NICU included four dimensions:perceived effective communication,perceived psychological support,perceived extended care,and perceived professional competence,with a total of 32 items. The overall Cronbach’s α coefficient of the scale was 0.948,the split-half reliability was 0.850,and the test-retest reliability was 0.879,the content validity index reached 0.875. Exploratory factor analysis extracted four principal factors with strong construct validity,accounting for 63.438% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that composite reliability (CR) of each dimension ranging from 0.898 to 0.933,average variance extracted(AVE) from 0.542 to 0.604,and AVE square roots between 0.736 and 0.777,indicating stable factor structure of the scale. Conclusion The Perceived Nursing Needs Scale for Parents of Neonates in NICU has good reliability and validity,which can be used to assess the actual nursing care needs perceived by parents of NICU neonates.

Key words: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Family-Perceived Nursing, Needs, Scale, Reliability, Validity