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Table 1 Factor Loading, Convergent Reliability, and Convergent Validity (4-Factors)

From: Validity and reliability of the spiritual care competency scale for oncology nurses in Taiwan

Item no.

Dimension

Factor loading

AVE

CR

F1

F2

F3

F4

  
 

Factor 1 (Professionalization and improving the quality of spiritual care)

    

0.76

0.95

s7

Within the nursing ward, I can contribute to quality assurance in the area of spiritual care

0.89

     

s8

Within the nursing ward, I can contribute to professional development in the area of spiritual care

0.88

     

s9

Within the nursing ward, I can identify problems relating to spiritual care in peer discussion sessions

0.79

     

s10

I can coach other care workers in the area of spiritual care delivery to patients

0.88

     

s11

I can make policy recommendations on aspects of spiritual care to the management of the nursing ward

0.89

     

s12

I can implement a spiritual care improvement project in the nursing ward

0.88

     
 

Factor 2 (Personal support, patient counseling and referral)

    

0.67

0.93

s15

I can give a patient information about spiritual facilities within the care institution (including spiritual care, meditation centre, religious services)

 

0.79

    

s16

I can help a patient continue his or her daily spiritual practices (including providing opportunities for rituals, prayer, meditation, reading the Bible/Koran, listening to music)

 

0.71

    

s17

I can attend to a patient’s spirituality during the daily care (e.g. physical care)

 

0.83

    

s18

I can refer members of a patient’s family to a spiritual advisor/pastor, etc. if they ask me and/or if they express spiritual needs

 

0.81

    

s19

I can effectively assign care for a patient’s spiritual needs to another care provider/care worker/care discipline

 

0.84

    

s20

At the request of a patient with spiritual needs, I can in a timely and effective manner refer him or her to another care worker (e.g. a

chaplain/the patient’s own priest/imam)

 

0.87

    

s21

I know when I should consult a spiritual advisor concerning a patient’s spiritual care

 

0.88

    
 

Factor 3 (Attitude towards patient spirituality and communication)

    

0.71

0.94

s22

I show unprejudiced respect for a patient’s spiritual/religious beliefs regardless of his or her spiritual/religious background

  

0.81

   

s23

I am open to a patient’s spiritual/religious beliefs, even if they differ from my own

  

0.89

   

s24

I do not try to impose my own spiritual/religious beliefs on a patient

  

0.86

   

s25

I am aware of my personal limitations when dealing with a patient’s spiritual/religious beliefs

  

0.82

   

s26

I can listen actively to a patient’s ‘life story’ in relation to his or her illness/handicap

  

0.82

   

s27

I have an accepting attitude in my dealings with a patient (concerned, sympathetic, inspiring trust and confidence, empathetic, genuine,

sensitive, sincere and personal)

  

0.84

   
 

Factor 4 (Assessment, implementation, providing and evaluation of spiritual care)

    

0.64

0.93

s1

I can report orally and/or in writing on a patient’s spiritual needs

   

0.83

  

s2

I can tailor care to a patient’s spiritual needs/problems in consultation with the patient

   

0.84

  

s3

I can tailor care to a patient’s spiritual needs/problems through multidisciplinary consultation

   

0.77

  

s4

I can record the nursing component of a patient’s spiritual care in the nursing plan

   

0.76

  

s5

I can report in writing on a patient’s spiritual functioning

   

0.81

  

s6

I can report orally on a patient’s spiritual functioning

   

0.87

  

s13

I can provide a patient with spiritual care

   

0.75

  

s14

I can evaluate the spiritual care that I have provided in consultation with the patient and in the disciplinary/multidisciplinary team

   

0.74

  
  1. Abbreviations: AVE Average variance extracted; CR composite reliability