Validation of Nurses' Attitudes Toward Sexual Health Care Scale: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Validation of Nurses' Attitudes Toward Sexual Health Care Scale: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Background: Provision of sexual health care (SHC) is a highly complex task and validated structural scales of attitudes towards the provision of SHC are rare. Purpose: To investigate and validate Nurses' Attitudes Toward Sexual Health Care (NASHC) scale by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and to test the hypothesized structure. Methods: This is a descriptive study involving cross-sectional survey. One hundred and seventyone practice nurses were recruited. The Permission, Limited Information, Specific Suggestions, and Intensive Therapy (PLISSIT) model-based NASHC scale was validated by CFA. Results: The results illustrated the appropriateness of the hypothesized model for PLISSIT model-based scale. The data on practice nurses' attitudes fit the hypothesized four-factor model and the final model explained 56% of the variance in NASHC. Conclusion: The NASHC scale is a valid and reliable tool for exploring practice nurses' attitudes toward providing SHC in clinical practice.