Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure nurses' perceived knowledge, attitudes and practices related to motor function rehabilitation in stroke patients with hemiplegia.

Purpose: To develop a questionnaire to measure nurses' perceived knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to motor function rehabilitation in stroke patients with hemiplegia (MFRSPH-PKAP-Q), and to evaluate its reliability and validity.

Methods: This study was conducted in four phases: (1) creating a pool of potential items; (2) developing the preliminary scale using a Delphi survey; (3) conducting item reduction to refine the scale; and (4) testing the validity and reliability of the final scale.

Results: The questionnaire comprises 45 items. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed a three-factor model, explaining 55.79% of the variance, which encompassed perceived knowledge, attitudes, and practice. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) affirmed the suitability of this three-factor model for the data. Additionally, assessments of content validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity all yielded favorable results. The Cronbach's α coefficient, split-half reliability, and test-retest reliability of the entire questionnaire were .944, .911, and .921, respectively.

Conclusions: The MFRSPH-PKAP-Q has been demonstrated to be both valid and reliable, and is therefore recommended for use in clinical practice.