| Objective: To develop a questionnaire of nurses’ knowledge, belief and behavior for putting normal limb position, and test its reliability and validity. Methods: Based on the model of knowledge, attitude and practice theory, the dimensions and item pool of questionnaire were established through literature and expert consultation. After two rounds of Delphi experts consultation, 190 clinical nurses were interviewed and investigated, and reliability and validity test was conducted to determine the contents of the questionnaire. Results: The questionnaire consisted of 35 items, including 13 items in knowledge dimension, 9 items in attitude dimension and 13 items in behavior dimension. Four factors were obtained by exploratory factor analysis, and the cumulative explanatory variable was 74.140%. The content validity (I-CVI) was 0.98. The questionnaire Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.965. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of each dimension was 0.883-0.977. Conclusion: The questionnaire of nurses’ knowledge, belief and behavior for putting normal limb position has good reliability and validity, which could be used to evaluate the level of nurses’ knowledge, attitude and behavior for putting normal limb position. |
