The Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Nurses’ Spiritual Sensitivity Scale: A Methodological Study

Objective: This study aims to adapt the Nurses’ Spiritual Sensitivity Scale (NSSS) into Turkish and to conduct its reliability and validity study. Methods: This methodological study included 267 nurses. The scale was back translated in order to confirm the linguistic equivalence. A Nurse Information Form and the NSSS were administered to these nurses. The opinions of 14 faculty members in the field of nursing were solicited to test the content validity index (CVI). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to establish the validity index and construct validity. Internal consistency analyses were performed with Cronbach’s α coefficients and item analyses. Time invariance (in terms of test–retest reliability) was analyzed to test the reliability of this scale. Fifty-one nurses were subjected to the test‒retest across 4-week intervals to identify the time invariance of the scale. Results: The CVI values of the items ranged from 0.918 to 1. The CFA confirmed the original 2-factor structure of the scale. The Cronbach’s α coefficient was 0.894 for the subscale of nurses’ professional spiritual sensitivity and 0.887 for the subscale of nurses’ inner spiritual sensitivity. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the NSSS is a valid and reliable assessment instrument to assess the spiritual sensitivity of nurses. © 2026 Galenos Publishing House. All rights reserved.