Validation of the job content questionnaire among hospital nurses in Vietnam

  • Sasaki, Natsu
  • Imamura, Kotaro
  • Thuy, Tran T. T.
  • Watanabe, Kazuhiro
  • Huong, Nguyen Thanh
  • Kuribayashi, Kazuto
  • Sakuraya, Asuka
  • Thu, Bui M.
  • Quynh, Nguyen ThiNhu
  • Kien, Nguyen Trung
  • Nga, Nguyen ThiThuy
  • Giang, Nguyen Thi Huong
  • Tien, Truong Quang
  • Minas, Harry
  • Zhang, Melvyn
  • Tsutsumi, Akizumi
  • Kawakami, Norito
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Publication date
January 2020
Publisher
Wiley
Journal
Journal of Occupational Health

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) in Vietnamese among hospital nursing staff. Methods: The 22‐items version of the JCQ was used. This includes four scales: (a) psychological demands (5 items); (b) job control (9 items); (c) supervisor support (4 items); and (d) coworker support (4 items). All 1258 nurses in a general hospital in Vietnam, excluding 11 who were due to retire, were invited to complete the cross‐sectional survey. The internal consistency reliability was estimated using Cronbach's α. Construct validity was examined using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Convergent validity was evaluated by calculating correlations between the JCQ scores and DASS...

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