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Health Questionnaires in Nursing

A special issue of Nursing Reports (ISSN 2039-4403).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 2831

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Prof. Dr. Raúl Juárez Vela

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Group of Research in Care (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
Interests: cardiovascular risk factors; atherosclerosis; nutrition; obesity; nursing interventions; suicidal behaviours
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Prof. Dr. Daniel Íncera Fernández

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Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: nursing
Prof. Dr. Mercedes Sánchez-Barba

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Biostatistics Department, University of Salamanca, 37001 Salamanca, Spain
Interests: statistics; operations research
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Dr. Antonio Martinez-Sabater

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1. Nursing Care and Education Research Group (GRIECE), GIUV2019-456, Nursing Department, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 València, Spain
2. Nursing Department, Facultat d’Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de València, 46010 València, Spain
3. Grupo Investigación en Cuidados (INCLIVA), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 València, Spain
Interests: addictions; primary health care; intensive care; digital divide; simulation; nursing education; health literacy; patients’ education
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

My name is Prof. Dr. Raúl Juárez, head of the research group in nursing care and health at the University of La Rioja. In this Special Issue, I am collaborating with my colleagues Prof. Dr. Mercedes Sánchez Barba from the Statistical Department of the University of Salamanca,  Prof. Dr. Daniel Íncera Fernández from UNIE University of Madrid, and Prof. Dr. Antonio Martinez Sabater, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry at the University of Valencia. Together, we form a multidisciplinary team that approaches this Special Issue for nursing scientists interested in providing psychometric insights into health questionnaires.

Health questionnaires are tools that evaluate the extent to which certain functions are being met, and they are key instruments in the research process within nursing. These surveys reflect health outcomes and enable research on general aspects of health, well-being, quality of life, therapeutic adherence, and many other factors. It is important that when using a health survey or questionnaire, content validity, construct validity, reliability, and psychometric properties are taken into account. To date, many questionnaires lack even basic psychometric properties to reflect the quality of the measurement.

Our aim is to highlight investigations into nursing questionnaires and surveys that include an initial approximation of psychometric properties, factorial analysis, exploratory analysis, etc., particularly in relation to nursing science.

We propose an open space where researchers on health questionnaires and health surveys can explain the objectives of the questionnaires, cultural adaptation, validity, etc. The objectives pursued, the hypotheses proposed, and, above all, the nursing usefulness of these questionnaires should be explicitly reasoned.

We invite you to publish your research on questionnaires with a psychometric or statistical approach.

Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: nursing, psychometrics, sociology, medicine, and psychology.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Raúl Juárez Vela
Prof. Dr. Daniel Íncera Fernández
Prof. Dr. Mercedes Sánchez-Barba
Dr. Antonio Martinez-Sabater
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  • nursing
  • health outcomes
  • questionnaires
  • nursing

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Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (CC-SCODI)
by Jesús Martínez-Tofé, Iván Santolalla-Arnedo, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Angela Durante, Antonio Martínez-Sabater, Mercedes Sánchez-Barba, Marco Di Nitto, Pilar Sanchez-Conde, Silvia Gónzalez-Fernández, Regina Ruíz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Raúl Juárez-Vela and Nelia Soto-Ruiz
Nurs. Rep. 2025, 15(4), 129; https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15040129 - 12 Apr 2025
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Background: The Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (CC-SCODI) is an instrument grounded in the middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness. It is designed to measure how caregivers support individuals with diabetes mellitus in carrying out self-care activities. Effective tools are [...] Read more.
Background: The Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (CC-SCODI) is an instrument grounded in the middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness. It is designed to measure how caregivers support individuals with diabetes mellitus in carrying out self-care activities. Effective tools are essential for clinicians and researchers to evaluate factors influencing self-care, including caregivers’ contributions. This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Spanish translation of the CC-SCODI. Methods: A total of 201 caregivers of individuals with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) were recruited for participation in this cross-sectional study. Participants were selected through convenience sampling at a university hospital. Before administration, the survey questions were translated and culturally adapted to ensure appropriateness for both patients and caregivers. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed on each of the CC-SCODI subscales using models fitted to the relevant indices. Results: The initial construction of the four-dimensional tool was verified. The internal consistency of the four subscales was assessed using Cronbach’s α to measure the caregiver contribution to patients’ self-care maintenance (α = 0.725), self-care monitoring (α = 0.728), self-care management (α = 0.729), and caregiver self-efficacy in contributing to patient self-care (α = 0.921). Model fit indices demonstrated a chi-square value of 1.028 with 773 degrees of freedom. CFA indicated an excellent model fit, confirming the reliability and validity of the proposed structure. Conclusions: The internal consistency and reliability of the Spanish version of the CC-SCODI were deemed adequate. Due to its strong psychometric properties, this instrument is considered appropriate for evaluating the contribution of caregivers to the self-care behaviors of Spanish-speaking individuals with diabetes. Full article
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Croatian Translation and Initial Psychometric Validation of the Negative Behaviors in Health Care Questionnaire
by Vesna Bušac, Nikolina Kanceljak, Ana Žepina Puzić and Ivona Ljevak
Nurs. Rep. 2025, 15(2), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15020069 - 14 Feb 2025
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Background/Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed to produce an adapted Croatian version of the Negative Behaviors in Health Care Questionnaire and to validate it. Methods: The process comprised the translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric evaluation of the questionnaire. Clinical specialists and qualified [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed to produce an adapted Croatian version of the Negative Behaviors in Health Care Questionnaire and to validate it. Methods: The process comprised the translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric evaluation of the questionnaire. Clinical specialists and qualified bilingual speakers participated in both forward and backward translation. Face validity was tested. The survey’s original developer approved the final version. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using the test–retest method and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and assessments of divergent and convergent validity were conducted. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 and R, program version 3.5.2., for Windows. Results: A five-factor structure was obtained and confirmed via CFA, although not all fit coefficients were satisfactory. The internal consistency reliability was 0.86 for the contributing factors and the seriousness of aggression, 0.79 for the use of aggression, 0.95 for the fear of retaliation, and 0.83 for the frequency of aggression; in total, α = 0.88. Test–retest reliability was moderate. All correlations were statistically significant, and the correlation was the highest for seriousness (0.754) and frequency of aggression (0.725) and the lowest for contributing factors (0.528). Test–retest reliability was satisfactory. Statistically significant differences were found when comparing respondents by gender, age, work experience, education, and hierarchical position. Conclusions: The adapted, translated, and validated survey provides a valuable tool for assessing lateral and vertical aggression between and towards nurses in terms of contributing factors, frequency, severity, uses of aggression, and fear of retaliation. Full article
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Transcultural Adaptation of Environmental Health Questionnaire with Attitude, Knowledge, and Skills Scales for Portuguese Nursing Students
by Cristina Álvarez-García, Beatriz Edra, Goreti Marques, Catarina Simões and Mª Dolores López-Franco
Nurs. Rep. 2025, 15(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15010013 - 8 Jan 2025
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Background/Objectives: Climate change adversely affects some of the fundamental determinants of health, and children are the population group most vulnerable to exposure to environmental risk factors. The main objective of this study was to validate in the Portuguese context three scales to assess [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Climate change adversely affects some of the fundamental determinants of health, and children are the population group most vulnerable to exposure to environmental risk factors. The main objective of this study was to validate in the Portuguese context three scales to assess attitudes, knowledge, and skills on children’s environmental health. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was developed to translate, adapt, and validate the questionnaire consisting of the following three scales: Attitude Scale (SANS_2), knowledge scale (ChEHK-Q), and skills scale (ChEHS-Q). This was carried out in two phases: the translation and adaptation process and the validation process using classical measure theory and item response theory with undergraduate nursing students. Results: We obtained a valid and reliable questionnaire to measure children’s environmental health competence consisting of an attitude scale (α = 0.84), a knowledge scale (Infit = 0.98, Outfit = 0.97, item reliability = 0.98, and people reliability = 0.75), and a skills scale (Infit = 1.00, Outfit = 0.99, item reliability = 0.82, and people reliability = 0.88). The mean score on the attitude scale was 28.15 (5–35) ± 4.61; 14.92 (0–26) ± 4.51 on the knowledge scale; and 42.51 (24–60) ± 6.41 on the skills scale. Conclusions: We found that most Portuguese undergraduate nursing students have very good pro-environmental attitudes and good knowledge and skills in dealing with children’s environmental health. The questionnaire obtained in this study will be useful for comparative studies with other countries and for evaluating the effectiveness of educational interventions. Full article
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