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. 2021 Dec 20;9(12):1762.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare9121762.

Adaptation to Change Questionnaire for Nurses: Validation and New Needs in the Context of COVID-19

Ana Belén Barragán Martín  1 , María Del Mar Molero Jurado  1 , María Del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes  1   2 , Azucena Santillán García  3 , Diana Jiménez-Rodríguez  4 , Elena Fernández Martínez  5 , Iván Herrera-Peco  6 , África Martos Martínez  1 , Raquel Franco Valenzuela  7 , Inmaculada Méndez Mateo  8 , José Jesús Gázquez Linares  1   9
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Adaptation to Change Questionnaire for Nurses: Validation and New Needs in the Context of COVID-19

Ana Belén Barragán Martín et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

Background: The worldwide pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has challenged healthcare systems and the professionals who work in them. This challenge involves strong changes to which nurses have had to quickly adapt. Emotional and cognitive-behavioral factors influence the capacity for adaptation to change. Based on this model, the objective of this study was to validate the Adaptation to Change Questionnaire (ADAPTA-10) for identifying professionals in a population of nurses who have problems adapting to adverse situations such as those caused by COVID-19.

Methods: This study was performed with a sample of 351 nurses. (3) Results: The ADAPTA-10 questionnaire was found to have good psychometric properties, and to be an effective, useful tool for nurses in research and clinical practice. The two-dimensional structure proposed in the original model was confirmed. Scales are also provided by sex for evaluation of adaptation to change; the highest scores on the emotional component were among nurses who had not personally encountered the virus.

Conclusions: This instrument will be able to detect of the needs for adaptation to the new reality associated with COVID-19, as well as other situations in which nurses are immersed that demand adaptation strategies.

Keywords: ADAPTA-10 questionnaire; COVID-19; adaptation to change; nurses.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ADAPTA-10FG Model.
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Figure 2
Distribution of the sample by COVID-19 scenarios.
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Figure 3
Adaptation to change by COVID-19 clusters. [Note: (a) Emotional Factor, (b) Cognitive–Behavioral Factor].
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