The multidimensionality of caring: a confirmatory factor analysis of the Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction Short Scale.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study to evaluate the construct validity of the four-dimensional Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction-Short Scale using confirmatory factor analysis.

Background: Validating theoretical structures of caring is an ongoing challenge in the discipline of nursing. Our previous work has contributed to this literature by the exploration of the dimensionality of the Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction Short Scale via an exploratory factor analysis.