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Validating the General Sleep Disturbance Scale Among Chinese American Parents With Hospitalized Infants

Shih-Yu Lee, PhD, RNC

Georgia State University

The purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to assess the reliability and validity of the English and Chinese versions of the General Sleep Disturbance Scale (GSDS) among Chinese American parents with hospitalized infants. A convenience sample of 22 mothers and 22 fathers in the San Francisco area participated in this study. Cronbach alpha coefficients were .85 and .81 for the English and Chinese versions, respectively. Concurrent validity was demonstrated through correlations with wrist actigraphy readings. Although results of the study indicate that the GSDS is an acceptable instrument to measure parents' sleep disturbance among the Chinese American population, a need for further work was identified.

Key Words: sleep disturbance • Chinese Americans • reliability • validity • cross-cultural research • translation theory

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 18, No. 2, 111-117 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1043659606298502
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