ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2026
Development and Preliminary Validation of an Oral Health Multidisciplinary Team Nurse Competency Scale.
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Background: Oral health multidisciplinary team (OHMDT) care places nurses in a coordinating role across specialties, but the absence of a context-specific assessment tool limits training evaluation, competency benchmarking, and quality improvement. This study aimed to develop and preliminarily validate an OHMDT nurse competency scale. Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods instrument-development study with two phases. First, an item pool derived from a systematic literature review was refined through two Delphi rounds with a multidisciplinary expert panel (n = 16). Second, a cross-sectional survey was administered to OHMDT nurses from three hospitals of different levels in Guizhou, China (September-December 2025). The final analytic sample included 120 nurses, and 25 completed a 2-week retest. Psychometric evaluation included content validity, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis using principal axis factoring with promax rotation, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, floor and ceiling effects, and known-groups validity. Results: The final scale contained 23 items. Content validity was high (S-CVI/Ave = 0.93). Exploratory factor analysis supported a four-factor structure (KMO = 0.87; Bartlett's χ Conclusion: The OHMDT Nurse Competency Scale showed promising reliability and preliminary validity in this single-province sample. At the current stage, it is best used for research, baseline assessment, or preliminary clinical screening rather than high-stakes standalone decisions. Larger multicenter studies with confirmatory factor analysis and criterion validation are needed.
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