The differences between normal and obese patient handling: re- structural analysis of two questionnaires

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Research

Khadijeh Najafi Ghobadi¹  Hamid Saednia²  Alireza Mortezapour²  Saeedeh Mosaferchi³  Pradip Kumar Ray⁴  Rashid Heidarimoghadam⁵ 

[1] Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran;Department of Ergonomics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran;Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy;Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 721302, Kharagpur, India;Health Sciences Research Center, Department of Ergonomics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran;

关键词: Patient transfer;    Musculoskeletal diseases;    Moving and lifting patients;    Patient safety;    Validation study;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12891-023-06479-7

 received in 2022-04-08, accepted in 2023-04-30,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPrecise causes of musculoskeletal complaints among nurses are not known well, but many studies have pointed to manual patient handling tasks. Subjective judgment and decision-making process for patient lifting is crucial for gathering data regards patient handling. The aim of this study was to consider reliability and validity and re-structure of two special tools for patient handling’s tasks.MethodsIn this cross- sectional study 249 nurses were fully participated. As recommended by literature for cultural adaptation of instruments, forward/backward translation method was applied. Reliability of the translated version was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Validity testing for the two scales was based on content validity index/ratio analysis and also Exploratory Factor Analysis was run to extract latent factors.ResultsReliability estimated by internal consistency reached a Cronbach’s Alpha of above 0.7 for all subscales of two questionnaires. After testing the validity, the final version of questionnaires was remained by 14 and 15 questions respectively.ConclusionsThese instruments evaluated for manual handling of normal and obese patients had acceptable validity and reliability in Iranian Nursing context. So, these tools can be used in further studies with the same cultures.

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