Measuring care-related regret intensity: Reliability and validation of a 10-item scale among Chinese nursing interns

Aim: The 10-item care-related regret intensity scale (RIS-10) assesses the experience and intensity of care-related regrets. The aim of this study was to validate a Chinese version of the RIS and examine its reliability and validity when applied to Chinese nursing interns. Background: Nursing students, the future healthcare workforce, often face clinical errors and adverse events due to limited knowledge and experience. Assessing care-related regret during their internships is crucial for their development.Methods: Through a process involving translation, back-translation and cross-cultural adaptation, a Chinese version of the RIS-10 was developed. A convenience sampling method was employed to survey 529 nursing interns to validate the reliability and validity of the scale. Results: The Chinese version of the scale, consisting of 10 items, demonstrated a single dimension, explaining 66.77% of the total variance according to exploratory factor analysis. Content validity for the 10 items ranged from 0.800 to 1.000, with a scale-level content validity of 0.980. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a well fitting model (CFI = 0.968, GFI = 0.921, NFI = 0.952, IFI = 0.969, TLI = 0.957, RMSEA = 0.088). Convergent validity was supported by an Average Variance Extracted of 0.636 and a Composite Reliability of 0.946. The scale also exhibited strong reliability with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.945, a split-half reliability coefficient of 0.903 and a test-retest reliability of 0.901.Conclusions: This comprehensive translation and validation process confirms the suitability of the Chinese version of the RIS-10 for use among Chinese nursing interns.

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This study validates the Chinese version of the 10-item care-related regret intensity scale (RIS-10) and examines its reliability and validity when applied to Chinese nursing interns.