Nursing diagnoses and construct validity of pain, self-care deficit and impaired mobility |
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Authors: | BL Chang |
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Affiliation: | University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing 90024-1702, USA. |
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Abstract: | Construct validity of the concepts of pain, self-care deficit and impaired mobility was examined in a study of 120 medical-surgical patients. Factors derived from a factor analysis of the empirical signs and symptoms were: pain-factor and self-care deficit/impaired mobility-factor. The pain-factor clearly showed discriminant validity by differentiating between those with and without Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)-identified diagnosis of pain. An overlap between the defining characteristics of the diagnoses of self-care deficit and impaired mobility has been suggested in the present sample of patients. Limitations of the study and recommendations for further research are described. |
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