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Development and validation of a daily assessment tool for critically ill patients.
- Source :
- Nursing in Critical Care; May2023, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p404-410, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Patients in intensive care units require comprehensive care. Hence, improving health care quality depends on accurate assessment and documentation. Aim: To develop and validate the content of an assessment sheet for critically ill patients. Study Design and Methods: A Delphi design study was conducted between January and March 2020. The content validity index (CVI) was used to calculate the degree of agreement among the experts to analyse the instrument and the entire set of items. Content validity was determined by seven experts (three critical care nursing professionals, two critical care doctors, and two anaesthesiologists) using a four‐point Likert scale. They evaluated the items in terms of the following: 1 = "irrelevant," 2 = "somewhat relevant if the phrasing is profoundly adjusted," 3 = "relevant with some adjustment as to phrasing," and 4 = "very relevant." The CVI was applied, and the accepted value was ≥0.50. Results: Three rounds of evaluation were required to achieve the minimum index. The items were reviewed for content and face validity. The instrument was validated with 86 items with a total CVI of 0.90, a face validity of 1, and a scale‐level content validity index/universal agreement calculation method (S‐CVI/UA) value of 0.813. Conclusion: This instrument can help nurses, doctors, academics, and students assess patients in intensive care units. Relevance to Clinical Practice: The daily assessment tool may provide a systematic and consistent approach to critically ill patients' assessment to guide interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EXPERIMENTAL design
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH methodology
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
CRITICALLY ill
PATIENTS
INTERVIEWING
MEDICAL personnel
DOCUMENTATION
TEST validity
CRITICAL care nurses
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
EXPERTISE
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MEDICAL needs assessment
DELPHI method
NURSING assessment
EVALUATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13621017
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nursing in Critical Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163396310
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12717