Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (Sep 2013)

Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Conditions of Work Effectiveness - Questionnaire-II instrument

  • Elizabeth Bernardino,
  • Ana Maria Dyniewicz,
  • Kaoana Lima Botto Carvalho,
  • Luisa Canestraro Kalinowski,
  • Wagner Hugo Bonat

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000500014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 5
pp. 1112 – 1118

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: This study aims at translating and validating the content of the instrument Conditions of Work Effectiveness - Questionnaire-II (CWEQ-II), developed by Laschinger, Finegan, Shamian and Wilk, modified from the original CWEQ for the Brazilian culture. METHOD: the methodological procedure consisted of the stages of translation of the instrument into the Portuguese language; back-translation; semantic, idiomatic and cultural equivalence and tests of the final version. The instrument in the Portuguese version was applied to a group of 40 nurses in two hospitals. RESULTS: the data resulted in a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.86 for the first hospital and 0.88 for the second one. The results of the factorial analysis are considered sufficiently satisfactory. CONCLUSION: It is to conclude that the instrument can be used in Brazil.

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