Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient's Perception of Nurse-Patient Relationship as Healing Transformations Scale (RELATE Scale)

A 3-phase study was conducted to develop and psychometrically evaluate the Patients' Perceptions of their Nurse-Patient Relations as Healing Transformations (RELATE) Scale. There is a lack of tools measuring nurse-patient relationship dynamics from a unitary-transformative paradigm to evaluate the patient's experience of what works to enhance their well-becoming. The 35-item scale was completed by 311 adults with chronic illness. The Cronbach & alpha; for the 35-item scale was 0.965 suggesting good internal consistency. Principal components analyses yielded a 17-item, 2-component solution explaining 60.17% of the total variance. This theoretically driven and psychometrically sound scale will contribute to quality-of-care data.

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A 3-phase study was conducted to develop and evaluate the RELATE Scale, measuring patients' perceptions of nurse-patient relations. Currently, there is a lack of tools from a transformative paradigm to assess the dynamics of this relationship and its impact on patient well-being. The 35-item scale showed good internal consistency, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.965. Principal components analysis resulted in a 17-item, 2-component solution, explaining 60.17% of the total variance. This scale, driven by theory and psychometrically sound, will contribute to quality-of-care data.