Abstract:

Objective To evaluate the validity of working well-being scale, and provide a quantitative tool for assessment of factors related to young and middle-aged clinician. Methods A total of 250 young and middle-aged clinician aged between 30 and 45 were recruited from three comprehensive hospitals affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine by stratified cluster random sampling, and were asked to complete the working well-being scale, including mood experience section and working well-being cognition section. The construct validity of the scale was assessed by principal components analysis and factorial validity analysis. Results There were 246 effective questionnaires, with the effective rate of 98.4%. The Cronbach´s alpha coefficient and content validity index (CVI) of working well-being scale were 0.872 and 0.861 respectively. Considering that the scale was composed of mood experience section and working well-being cognition section, principal components analysis was performed in each section separately. Mood experience section was constituted by 2 main factors: positive mood and negative mood. Principal components analysis indicated that the explanation rate of total variance of original factors reached 59.94%, and the explanation rate of items reached 88.9%. Cognition section was constituted by eight main factors: pay and welfare, reward and approval, job occupation, career development, colleague, supervisor, working routine, and interpersonal coordination. The explanation rate of total variance of original factors reached 61.54%, and the explanation rate of items reached 83.3%. Conclusion The working well-being scale has acceptable construct validity, and can be used for assessment of working well-being in medical staff after modification.

Key words: working well-being, factor analysis, construct validity, scale