ABSTRACT

Aim: To develop a structural empowerment assessment scale for public health nurses and examined its psychometric properties and utility in predicting organizational commitment and job satisfaction.  

Methods: Deductive scale development was employed. A total of 206 public health nurses from Central Luzon, Philippines who met the eligibility criteria were recruited as respondents. Content validity index (CVI) and exploratory factor analysis(EFA)were used in the analysis of data.

Results: Only 18 out of 20 items received relevance rating of 3 and 4 by all experts and has excellent CVI result. Sixteen out of the 18 items received CVI=1 and the 2 remaining items received a rating of CVI=.83. Two out of 20 items received poor interpretation of CVI with 0.5 and 0.33 CVI results.  Moreover, EFA revealed that 14 items in factor 1 has larger loading than the factor 2. There will be 14 items to factor 1 and factor 2 will consist of 3 items. Factor 1 received a Cronbach’s alpha result of .957 and .826 for factor 2, indicating that both factors are acceptably reliable.

Conclusion: The developed Structural Empowerment Scale for public health nurses (SES PHN) was valid and reliable. However, each factor could probably be strengthened through revision of items with lower primary loadings and possibly adding new items.

Keywords: Behavior mechanism; motivation; reliability; testing; validity