TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability and validity of the Vietnamese version of the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale
AU - Tran, Thuy Thi Thu
AU - Watanabe, Kazuhiro
AU - Imamura, Kotaro
AU - Nguyen, Huong Thanh
AU - Sasaki, Natsu
AU - Kuribayashi, Kazuto
AU - Sakuraya, Asuka
AU - Nguyen, Nga Thi
AU - Bui, Thu Minh
AU - Nguyen, Quynh Thuy
AU - Truong, Tien Quang
AU - Nguyen, Giang Thi Huong
AU - Minas, Harry
AU - Tsustumi, Akizumi
AU - Shimazu, Akihito
AU - Kawakami, Norito
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by AMED under Grant Number JP17jk0110014. The funder had no role in study design, data collection, and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors acknowledge the support and contribution of the Board of Directors and the Nursing Office in Bach Mai hospital for the implementation of this study. We thank all nurses who participated in and provided their information for the study and highly appreciate the contribution of a research team from Hanoi University of Public Health, an important partner in making this study possible.
Funding Information:
NK reports grants from Infocom Corp, Fujitsu Ltd, Fujitsu Software Technologies, and TAK Ltd, personal fees from the Occupational Health Foundation, Japan Dental Association, Sekisui Chemicals, Junpukai Health Care Center, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, outside the submitted work.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by AMED under Grant Number JP17jk0110014. The funder had no role in study design, data collection, and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors. Journal of Occupational Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japan Society for Occupational Health
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Objectives: The present study investigated the reliability and validity of a newly developed Vietnamese version of the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9-V) in a sample of hospital nurses in Hanoi, Vietnam. Methods: The UWES-9 was translated into Vietnamese following a standard procedure. A survey was conducted of 949 registered nurses in a large tertiary general hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2018, using a self-administered questionnaire including the Vietnamese UWES-9, other scales measuring health status, work performance, job demand, job control, and workplace social support, and questions pertaining to demographic variables. Cronbach’s alpha and interclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated to assess reliability. Explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to assess factorial validity. Convergent validity was tested based on associations between the UWES-9-V and subscales and other scales. Results: The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the UWES-9-V and the Vigor, Absorption, and Dedication subscales were 0.93, 0.86, 0.77, and 0.90, respectively. ICC of the UWES-9-V in a subsample after 3 months was 0.48. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated an acceptable fit of both one-factor and three-factor structures, with the three-factor model having the better fit. The UWES-9-V and its subscales correlated with depression, anxiety and stress, health-related quality of life and health condition, job performance, and psychosocial work environment. Conclusions: The study findings suggest that the UWES-9-V is a reliable and valid instrument to measure work engagement among hospital nurses in Vietnam, a low- and middle-income country. Future studies should confirm the validity and reliability of the UWES-9-V among various occupations.
AB - Objectives: The present study investigated the reliability and validity of a newly developed Vietnamese version of the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9-V) in a sample of hospital nurses in Hanoi, Vietnam. Methods: The UWES-9 was translated into Vietnamese following a standard procedure. A survey was conducted of 949 registered nurses in a large tertiary general hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2018, using a self-administered questionnaire including the Vietnamese UWES-9, other scales measuring health status, work performance, job demand, job control, and workplace social support, and questions pertaining to demographic variables. Cronbach’s alpha and interclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated to assess reliability. Explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to assess factorial validity. Convergent validity was tested based on associations between the UWES-9-V and subscales and other scales. Results: The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the UWES-9-V and the Vigor, Absorption, and Dedication subscales were 0.93, 0.86, 0.77, and 0.90, respectively. ICC of the UWES-9-V in a subsample after 3 months was 0.48. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated an acceptable fit of both one-factor and three-factor structures, with the three-factor model having the better fit. The UWES-9-V and its subscales correlated with depression, anxiety and stress, health-related quality of life and health condition, job performance, and psychosocial work environment. Conclusions: The study findings suggest that the UWES-9-V is a reliable and valid instrument to measure work engagement among hospital nurses in Vietnam, a low- and middle-income country. Future studies should confirm the validity and reliability of the UWES-9-V among various occupations.
KW - Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES)
KW - low- and middle-income countries
KW - nurses
KW - psychometrics
KW - reliability
KW - validity
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U2 - 10.1002/1348-9585.12157
DO - 10.1002/1348-9585.12157
M3 - Article
C2 - 32827229
AN - SCOPUS:85089793875
SN - 1341-9145
VL - 62
JO - Journal of Occupational Health
JF - Journal of Occupational Health
IS - 1
M1 - e12157
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