Zhongguo quanke yixue (Dec 2023)
The Chinese Version of Inventory of Motivations for Hospice Palliative Care Volunteerism (IMHPCV) : Reliability and Validity Assessment
Abstract
Background Volunteers are essential human resources for hospice care. Exploring the service motivation of hospice care volunteers is of great significance to the early development of hospice care in China. Objective To translate and revise the Inventory of Motivations for Hospice Palliative Care Volunteerism (IMHPCV) and assess the the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of IMHPCV and its applicability in the Chinese cultural context, so as to provide a more accurate and valid tool and reference for future research on motivation to volunteer in hospice care. Methods The final version of Chinese version of IMHPCV was formed through literal translation, retroversion and adaptation by relevant experts. From June to July in 2019, the online questionnaire was sent to the directors of the pilot hospice careinstitutions by We Chat on cellphone and disseminated within their areas. The palliative care volunteers who completed the questionnaire were selected as the research subjects and investigated by the basic personal information questionnaire, the Chinese version of IMHPCV, new motivation questionnaire proposed by the hospice volunteers and considered by the researchers. The exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and Cronbach's αwere used to assess the reliability and validity of IMHPCV. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation of all dimensions of the Chinese version of IMHPCV. Results A total of 220 valid questionnaires were returned. The result of the exploratory structural equation modeling showed general fitting of the Chinese version of IMHPCV (χ2=735.357, P<0.001) . The factor loadings of most items were >0.3, and new items were >0.5. There sult of the correlation analysis among dimensions showed that altruism was negatively related to civic responsibility and personal gain, and positively related to self-promotion and leisure; Civic responsibility was negatively related to self-promotion, and positively related to leisure and personal gain; Self-promotion was negatively correlated with leisure and personal gain; Leisure was positively correlated with personal gain (P<0.05) . In terms of internal consistency, the Cronbach's α was 0.829. The differences among the scores of each dimension were statistically significant (F=49.842, P<0.001) . Conclusion The Chinese version of IMHPCV have acceptable reliability and validity with certain applicability, while there is still much room for improvement. Although the new items cannot replace the content of the original scale, they also show that there may be motivation factors with local characteristics. The sample size of the previous interview should be increased in the future, and the interviewees with different characteristics should be selected as far as possible to extract possible alternative items to improve this measurement tool.
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