Personal and technological skills to coach people with noncommunicable diseases: development and validation of a scale for nursing students

• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06140
• Publication Date: 2021-02-03T17:57:16Z
• Authors: Pedro Parreira; Paulo Santos-Costa; João Graveto; Paulo Alexandre F...; Anabela Salgueiro...; Liliana B. Sousa; Rafael A. Bernardes; Beatriz Serambeque; Lisete Mónico; Marija Milavec Kapun; Tina Gogova; Pirjo Vesa; Hilde Vandenhoudt; Dorine Nevelsteen; Raija Kokko
• Keywords: H1-99; Technology; Science (General); students; noncommunicable diseases; Nursing; Coaching; 3. Good health; Social sciences (General); Q1-390; 03 medical and health sciences; coaching; nursing; technology; Noncommunicable diseases; ta516; Students; 0305 other medical science; info:eu-repo/classification/udc/616-083; ta316; Research Article

BackgroundCurrent international policies converge to the need of empowering patients and families in becoming more autonomous self-caring management their noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Given professional scope, nurses are most well-positioned health professionals answer this societal challenge. In literature, coaching use information communication technologies (ICTs) emerge as two still under-used contributions nursing practice regard. lack instruments research developed so far ICTs during training, we aim develop a scale that explores students' perceptions regarding skills people with NCDs potential role domain.MethodsAfter comprehensive literature review, an initial items list (n = 39) was delineated discussed by panel experts. After conceptual structural consensus, pre-validated version Personal Technological Skills coach (PTSC-NCD scale) created. Then, PTSC-NCD translated Portuguese, Finnish, Flemish Slovenian following Beaton colleagues' recommendations, applied undergraduate students five European universities. Principal component analysis reliability were performed each country through statistical program Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 22.0). All ethical assumptions complied throughout study.Results874 enrolled study, predominantly female (71.1%) mean age 22.4 years (SD 5.49). data across settings, three dimensions emerged: Coaching Centred (F1); Digital Technology Improving Patient-Centred Care (F2); Relational (F3). showed good (Cronbach's alpha >.80).ConclusionThe evidence validity indicators different settings.