Construction and validation of the quality of oncology nursing care scale (QONCS)

Charalambous, Andreas; Adamakidou, Theodoula

doi:10.1186/s12912-014-0048-4

BMC Nursing

Table 3 Factor loadings of the exploratory factor analysis results for quality of oncology Nursing care scale – after rotation ^a results

From: Construction and validation of the quality of oncology nursing care scale (QONCS)

	Being supported and confirmed	Spiritual caring	Sense of belonging	Being respected	Being valued	Communalities
Nurse is emotionally supportive	0,944	0,012	0,089	−0,062	−0,193	0,80
Nurse strives to establish good communication with patients	0,902	0,001	0,011	−0,042	−0,029	0,83
Nurse communicates well during the care with patients	0,871	0,015	−0,034	−0,055	−0,036	0,75
Patients can rely on a nurse	0,822	0,037	0,132	0,021	0,01	0,79
Nurse responses promptly to questions and concerns	0,698	0,031	0,046	−0,034	0,119	0,70
Nurse express a real interest	0,655	0,018	0,054	−0,046	0,139	0,66
Nurse’s actions gain trust	0,594	0,072	0,049	−0,006	0,234	0,67
Impression of being in good hands	0,499	0,032	0,004	−0,033	0,384	0,71
Nurse is competent in relation to equipment and technology	0,495	−0,063	0,26	0,074	0,251	0,62
The nurse acknowledges the caring needs	0,494	0,277	−0,04	0,038	−0,16	0,69
Nurse is knowledgeable in relation to patients condition	0,469	0,004	0,072	0,032	0,41	0,69
The nurse provides info in a comprehensive way	0,457	0,073	−0,168	−0,251	0,249	0,62
The nurse respects the needs and provides information	0,411	0,002	−0,041	−0,218	0,367	0,71
Patients receive the care of their choice	0,392	0,102	0,019	−0,205	0,257	0,46
The nurse answers the questions honestly	0,363	0,006	−0,035	−0,318	0,289	0,66
Feeling of asking nurse anything	−0,384	−0,009	−0,065	−0,184	0,127	0,58
Nurse is interested to know patients’ view on life and death	−0,048	0,879	−0,049	0,028	−0,001	0,75
Nurse initiates discussion around spiritual issues	−0,023	0,865	−0,125	−0,018	−0,085	0,73
Nurses availability to discuss/encourage spiritual issues	0,032	0,821	−0,043	0,002	0,035	0,68
Nurse is interested in clarifying the religious preferences	−0,056	0,762	−0,012	0,045	−0,012	0,57
Nurse sensitiveness and respect towards the religious preferences	0,079	0,588	0,143	−0,025	0,016	0,44
Nurse facilitates the religious rituals while receiving care	0,05	0,569	0,156	0,004	0,049	0,41
Nurse clarifies the desire of family presence	0,132	−0,048	0,839	0,048	0,023	0,78
Nurse acknowledges the importance of family’s presence	0,041	−0,099	0,762	−0,008	0,194	0,77
Nurse encourage family participate in decision-making	−0,005	0,009	0,741	−0,144	0,022	0,67
Nurse encourages the presence of family during care	0,14	0,087	0,732	0,049	0,024	0,65
Nurse involves family in the delivery of the care	−0,11	0,089	0,695	−0,16	−0,033	0,53
Option to participate in the decision-making regarding the n/c	−0,072	−0,024	0,103	−0,944	−0,048	0,85
Nurse provides adequate information in order to participate in d/m	0,039	−0,05	0,138	−0,828	0,012	0,84
The nurse cares with respect	0,268	0,074	−0,023	−0,542	0,146	0,69
Being cared for adequately by the nurses	0,014	−0,012	0,011	0,000	0,865	0,77
Patients receive care that condition calls upon	−0,052	−0,006	0,144	−0,008	0,834	0,76
The nurse is caring and understanding	−0,003	0,037	0,044	−0,038	0,82	0,74
The nurse is caring in a compassionate way	0,012	0,015	0,06	−0,086	0,767	0,73

Extraction Method: Maximum Likelihood.
Rotation Method: Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization.
^aRotation converged in 9 iterations.

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