Table 1.
Factor Loading, Convergent Reliability, and Convergent Validity (4-Factors)
| 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 | |||||
Abbreviations: AVE Average variance extracted; CR composite reliability