Nguyen AT, Nguyen KH, Le HB, Pham HT, Nguyen HT, Nguyen NT, Dong PT, Dang TN, Pham VT, Nguyen DT, Benoit A, Bedouch P, and Vo HT
Background: There is currently no validated tool available for assessing the potential significance of pharmacist interventions in Vietnam., Aim: This study aimed to translate the CLEO tool from French into Vietnamese, validate the Vietnamese version, and demonstrate its feasibility in daily practice., Method: The CLEO tool was translated into Vietnamese (CLEO VN ) using a 5-step process by bilingual experts. A total of 100 scenarios were compiled from clinical cases from nine hospitals evaluated by seven clinical pharmacists to determine inter-rater reliability and 30 out of 100 scenarios were re-evaluated one month later to determine test-retest reliability. Reliability was quantified using the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). A 20-item questionnaire on a 7-point Likert scale assessed the tool's appropriateness, acceptability, precision, and feasibility., Results: Inter-rater reliability was good for clinical dimension (ICC A,1 = 0.71), excellent for economic dimension (ICC A,1 = 0.86), and fair for organizational/operational dimension (ICC A,1 = 0.56). Test-retest reliability scores were excellent for clinical (I̅C̅C̅ A,1 = 0.79), excellent for economic (I̅C̅C̅ A,1 = 0.84), and fair for organizational/operational (I̅C̅C̅ A,1 = 0.56). The tool was rated as appropriate (mean = 5.86; SD = 1.03), acceptable (mean = 5.19; SD = 1.12), precise (mean = 5.71; SD = 1.17), and feasible (mean = 5.05; SD = 1.24). The maximum time required to evaluate an intervention was three minutes., Conclusion: The CLEO VN tool was successfully translated and validated for reliability, appropriateness, acceptability, precision, and feasibility. It will be suitable to evaluate the value of clinical pharmacy interventions., (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.)