VALIDATION AND ADAPTATION TO THE ROMANIAN LANGUAGE AND POPULATION OF THE EBBCAM SCALE OF PERCEIVED COMPETENCE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, IN NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS
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We carried out the translation, validation and cultural adaptation in Romanian language of the EBBCAM Questionnaire for the measurement of Perceived Death Competence in Medical and Nursing students. Materials and methods: 117 medical and nursing students of the Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi. Results: The Romanian translation of the Bugen Brief Bugen Coping Competence in the Face of Death (EBBCAM) questionnaire, which is a multidimensional instrument consisting of 16 items, was administered. Subsequently, a Confirmatory Factor Analysis was performed in order to verify the validity of the measurement model. Both the study of the reliability of the responses (f1: .902; f2: .824; f3: .882 y f4: .828) and the Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed that the four-factor model had an adequate fit. (NNFI: .882; CFI: .920; IFI: .825 y RMSEA: .117). Conclusions: The Bugen Brief Competence in the Face of Death (EBBCAM) scale is a suitable instrument for the measurement of Perceived Competence in the Face of Death in Romanian-speaking students of Health Sciences (Medicine and Nursery).
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