APPLICATION OF FUZZY DELPHI METHOD TO VALIDATE CONTENT OF SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE INSTRUMENT FOR MUSLIM NURSES

Atarhim MA 1 , Manap J 2 , Mastor KA 3 , Mokhtar MK 4 , Yusof A 5 , Zabidi AFM 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 2 Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia jamiah@ukm.edu.my
  • 3 Pusat CITRA Universiti, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 4 Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 5 Nursing Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • 6 Department of Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah Studies, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
J Nurs Meas, 2023 Jun 01;31(2):202-218.
PMID: 37277156 DOI: 10.1891/JNM-2021-0012

Abstract

Background & Purpose: This study aims to consolidate expert views and validated 371 items for developing spiritual intelligence instrument for Muslim nurses guided by the Spiritual Intelligence Model for Human Excellence (SIMHE). Methods: A Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) was used to validate these items and analyzed with Triangular Fuzzy Numbers and Defuzzification process. Views from 20 experts from three different backgrounds, namely, theology/Sufism, psychology and Islamic counseling, and evaluation and measurement, were also included in the validation process. Results: All items fulfilled the prerequisite of a threshold level of (d) ≤ 0.2, which obtained more than 75% of expert consensus and α-cut value ≥ of 0.5. Conclusion: The FDM analysis results indicated that all items could further validate the instrument using Rasch measurement analysis.

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