Core Competency Scale for Military Nurses in High-Altitude Environments

36-item psychometric scale developed to assess the core competencies of military nurses operating in high-altitude extreme environments. The scale, created by Shijie Fang and last updated in April 2026, demonstrates good reliability and validity based on a survey of 220 nurses from two hospitals in China. It covers four dimensions: theoretical knowledge, professional skill, comprehensive ability, and personal trait.

Use Cases

• Assessing training needs for military medical personnel based on the four competency dimensions.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of specialized training programs for high-altitude rescue operations.
• Developing predictive models for medical support effectiveness using competency scores.
• Conforming to psychometric validation standards based on reported reliability and validity metrics.

Strengths

• Scale demonstrates high reliability with a Cronbach’s α coefficient of 0.948 and test-retest reliability of 0.962.
• Good validity is reported with a scale-content validity index (S-CVI) of 0.978 and confirmatory factor analysis fit indices meeting standard thresholds.
• The dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the sampling from two hospitals in China.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Shijie Fang.

Collection Method

Constructed via literature review, interviews, expert consultation, and pilot survey; refined using item analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis on data from 220 nurses.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 04:35:54; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data collection involved nurses from two hospitals in China.