A cross‐cultural study of the reliability and factorial dimensions of the nurses' observation scale for inpatient evaluation (nosie)

Abstract
The reliability and factor structure of the Nurses'' Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation (NOSIE) was studied in a group of short-stay psychiatric patients (n = 247) of a Dutch psychiatric university clinic. The NOSIE had good interrater reliability. With the exception of the social competence and personal neatness subscales, 5 of the original 7 scales could be replicated when compared with American and British studies.