Table 1 The methodological evaluation results of studies on measurement properties of NRC instruments
From: Instruments for measuring nursing research competence: a COSMIN-based scoping review
Instrument | Reference | Content validity | Structural validity | Internal consistency | Cross-cultural validity | Reliability | Measurement error | Criterion validity | Hypothesis testing for construct validity | Responsiveness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Student Research Competence Instrument ① | (Arthur & Wong, 2000) | — | — | very good | — | doubtful | — | — | — | — |
The Nursing Research Questionnaire among Nurse Clinicians ② | (Gething et al. 2001) | inadequate | — | very good | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The Research Competency Scale for Nursing Students ③ | (Qiu et al. 2019) | inadequate | very good | doubtful | — | doubtful | — | — | — | — |
Scientific Research Competency Scale ④ | (Duru & Örsal, 2021) | doubtful | adequate | very good | — | doubtful | — | — | (1) doubtful (2) doubtful | — |
Self-evaluated Nursing Research Capacity Questionnaire ⑤ | (Liu, 2004) | doubtful | adequate | very good | — | doubtful | — | — | — | — |
The Nursing Scientific Research Ability Scale ⑥ | (Wu et al. 2016) | inadequate | adequate | very good | — | doubtful | — | — | — | — |
Self-evaluated Nursing Research Capacity Questionnaire (refined) ⑦ | (Pan, 2011) | doubtful | very good | very good | — | doubtful | — | — | — | — |
(Chu et al. 2013) | doubtful | very good | very good | — | doubtful | — | — | — | — | |
Research Capacity Self-rating Scales of Nursing Staff ⑧ | (Yin et al. 2016) | doubtful | adequate | very good | — | doubtful | — | — | doubtful | — |