Abstract: Objective: To translate the Nurses' Attitudes towards Futile Treatment Scale (NAFTS) into Chinese, and to test its reliability and validity, and to provide a tool for the assessment of nurses' attitude towards futile treatment in China. Methods: The Chinese version of the NAFTS was developed by translation, back translation and cultural debugging based on the Brislin translation model. In September 2023, a convenience sample of 420 nurses in ICU and oncology departments from six tertiary grade A hospitals in Zhejiang province were selected to test the reliability and validity of the scale. Results: The Chinese version of NAFTS were with 4 dimensions and 18 items. The Cronbach's α was 0.901 and the re-test reliability was 0.805, the correlations of the scores between each item and the total scale were ranged from 0.451 to 0.714 (P<0.05), the I-CVI ranged from 0.830 to 1.000, the S-CVI/UA was 0.833, and the S-CVI/Ave was 0.972. Four common factors were extracted from exploratory factor analysis, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 66.195%. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model fitted well. Conclusion: The Chinese version of NAFTS has good reliability and validity, and it can be used as an effective tool to evaluate the nurses' attitudes towards futile treatment in China.

Key words: nurse; futile treatment; scale; sinicization; reliability; validity