Yuding Luo, Juan Du, Junqiu Wang, Pingchuan Liu, Zhongli Shi, Yu He, Guangyao Che, Ke Huang, Jian Wang
Progressive muscle relaxation alleviates anxiety and improves sleep quality among healthcare practitioners in a mobile cabin hospital: a pre-post comparative study in China
Frontiers in psychology
decision making pivotal component nursing education worldwide study aimed accomplish objectives 1 crosscultural adaptation psychometric validation nursing anxiety selfconfidence clinical decision making nasccdm scale english spanish 2 comparison nursing student groups academic years 3 analysis impact work experience decision making crosssectional comparative study convenience sample comprising 301 nursing students included cultural adaptation validation involved rigorous process encompassing translation backtranslation expert consultation pilot testing psychometric evaluation reliability statistical validity nasccdm scale consists two subscales selfconfidence anxiety 3 dimensions d1 using resources gather information listening fully d2 using information see big picture d3 knowing acting assess variations selfconfidence anxiety among students study employed following tests analysis variance tests homogeneity variance levenes correction tukeys post hoc analysis validation showed high internal consistency reliability scales cronbachs 0920 guttmans 2 0923 11132 sd 1707 selfconfidence 0940 2 0942 8044 sd 2167 anxiety comparative fit index cfi 0981 selfconfidence 0997 anxiety results revealed significant gradual increase students selfconfidence p 049 progressed courses particularly d2 d3 conversely anxiety high 1st year 8171 sd 1890 increased 3rd year 8632 sd 2638 significantly decreased d3 work experience positively influenced selfconfidence d2 d3 effect anxiety spanish version nasccdms confirmed valid sensitive reliable instrument maintaining structural equivalence original english version students selfconfidence increased throughout training levels anxiety varied nevertheless findings underscored shortcomings assessing identifying patient problems