Construction and content validation of the scale of predisposition to the occurrence of adverse events

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

William Mendes Lobão²  Igor Gomes Menezes¹ 

[1] ,Universidade do Estado da Bahia,Brazil

关键词: Quality of Health Care;    Iatrogenic Disease;    Nursing Care;    Psychometrics;    Validation Studies;    Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde;    Doença Iatrogênica;    Cuidados de Enfermagem;    Psicometria;    Estudos de Validação;    Calidad de la Atención de Salud;    Enfermedad Iatrogénica;    Atención de Enfermería;    Psicometría;    Estudios de Validación;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692012000400021

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to present the results of the construction and content validation of the Scale of Predisposition for the Occurrence of Adverse Events (EPEA). A descriptive research with a qualitative approach was carried out. To study the quality of nursing care and design the scale, we performed a literature review that resulted in a preliminary instrument, composed of 90 items, divided into two dimensions to assess the quality of health care (structure and process). Expert analysis and semantic analysis were applied as techniques to study the content validity of the instrument. The findings indicate that the operational version of the EPEA was composed of 64 items, grouped into two dimensions: structure (18 items) and process (46 items). The EPEA is the first Brazilian measure constructed to assess the nurses' attitudes towards the factors that may predispose to the occurrence of adverse events in ICU.

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