The Chinese Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence Scale Is Reliable and Valid

•This is the 1st psychometric validation evaluating SSSC scale in Chinese by CFA.•The scale is reliable and valid to use in Hong Kong nursing simulation.•The result different than traditionally that Chinese will have lower self-confidence.

BackgroundThis study aims to assess the reliability and scale structure of the Chinese translation of the Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence (SSSC) scale for evaluating satisfaction and self-confidence in simulation education for Chinese students.MethodThe Chinese SSSC was obtained from the original English version by the standard forward-backward translation process. A total of 161 nurses were recruited from an advanced cardiac life support provider course after the institutional review board approval.ResultUsing confirmatory factor analysis, the final two-factor structure had satisfactory fit after allowing for correlated errors, with χ2 = 92.12 (df = 54), root mean square error of approximation = 0.07 (90% confidence interval = 0.04-0.09), comparative fix index = 0.98, and non-normed fit index = 0.96. A total of 161 nurses joined this study. Both the satisfaction and self-confidence scale components of the SSSC had high internal reliability, with Cronbach's alpha as 0.95 and 0.97, respectively.ConclusionThe Chinese SSSC is a reliable and valid tool to assess student satisfaction and self-confidence in medical simulation.