Content Validation of the Arabic Translation of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index-Revised

Abstract

Background and purpose: There is no reliable and valid version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index-Revised (PES-NWI-R) in Arabic. The purpose of this study was to describe the systematic instrument translation and validation of the PES-NWI-R.

Methods: Using the Content Validity Indexing-based approach, 32 expert nurses from four countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) participated in the validation of this translation.

Results: The content validity index score of the overall scale was excellent (0.87 for the relevancy, and 0.95 for the quality of Arabic translation).

Conclusion: Our study supported the content validity of the Arabic version of the instrument which provided the first valid Arabic translation of the instrument.

Keywords: Arabic; Health services research; Middle East; Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index; instrument validation; translation.