Development and validation of the Chinese version of the evidence-based practice profile questionnaire (EBPQ).

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) education or training are considered fundamental to building and strengthening an EBP culture, as well as to encouraging evidence-based academic and clinical practice in the nursing community. However, few valid and reliable instruments are available for the assessment of EBP teaching and learning in clinical nurses in China. Translation, reliability, and validity testing of the English Evidence-Based Practice Profile Questionnaire (EBPQ), which has strong psychometric properties, may encourage evaluation and promote the implementation of EBP in Mainland China.

A Chinese version of the chemotherapy-induced alopecia distress scale based on reliability and validity assessment in breast cancer patients.

Purpose: Chemotherapy-induced alopecia is a common and emotionally traumatic side effect on breast cancer patients. In order to make up for the deficiency of measuring tools in China, our study aims at translating the chemotherapy-induced alopecia distress scale (CADS) into Chinese and evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of CADS (CADS-C) in breast cancer patients.

Methods: The validity and reliability of CADS-C were measured by a questionnaire survey among 301 breast cancer patients from Chinese mainland.