Transcultural adaptation into Spanish of the Caring Nurse-Patient Interactions for assessing nurse-patient relationship competence

Abstract

Objective: Cross-cultural adaptation into Spanish of the Caring Nurse-Patient Interactions (CNPI - 70 items) for assessing nurse-patient relationship competence level.

Method: Cross-cultural adaptation using translation and back-translation method of the CNPI, and consensus by panel of experts to determine the face and content validity.

Results: The cross-cultural translation and adjustment procedure was used, and a panel of experts agreed on the final Spanish version of the scale.

Conclusions: This research study provides a Spanish version of the CNPI, which has appearance and content validity. The internal consistency, criteria validity, and construct validity should be evaluated in future research studies.

Keywords: Adaptación transcultural; Compentencia; Competence; Cross-cultural adaptation; Nurse-patient relationship; Relación enfermera-paciente.