Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Neonatal Skin Risk Assessment Scale

Abstract

Pressure ulcers are an adverse event recognised in paediatric units and specifically in neonatal units. The intent of the Spanish Neonatal Skin Risk Assessment Scale is to identify hospitalised neonates requiring prevention measures and their specific risk factors, to provide useful diagnostic information to improve the neonatal skin care into Spanish speaking countries. The Neonatal Skin Risk Assessment Scale could ensure the efficient and effective allocation of limited preventive resources, support clinical and management decisions, allow risk-adjusted cases in epidemiological studies, facilitate the development of risk assessment protocols and serve as evidence in litigation cases. All these features could facilitate developing best practice in nursing management and improve the quality and safety of neonatal care.

Patients treated with suspected stroke: analysis of the association between diagnosis and clinical outcome / Pacientes atendidos com suspeita de acidente vascular encefálico: análise de associação entre diagnóstico e desfecho clínico

“…2 It is emphasized that the diseases secondary to the CVA, exercise in health services greater demand for clinical treatment, due to infections, pressure injuries and other episodes of obstructive nature, mostly with long hospitalization periods. 15,24 As limitations of the study, we point out the small sample, with little inferential power, since there was a considerable disposal of medical records for this reason. This caused the sample obtained to be below the stipulated in the sample test.…”

Development of “care for skin integrity in the neonatal period”: documentation tool for skin conditions / Desenvolvimento do “cuidado com a integridade da pele neonatal”: instrumento para documentação das condições da pele

“…After a transcultural validation of the Neonatal Skin Risk Assessment Scale (NSRAS) for Brazilian Portuguese, it could replace NSCS in item 2.1 of the CIPNeo. Currently, NSRAS is validated only for Portuguese of Portugal 23 and for Spanish, 24 which are not adequate for use in Brazil.…”

Predicting Neonatal Skin Injury: The First Step to Reducing Skin Injuries in Neonates

“…For predictive validity, sensitivity was 83% and specificity was 81%. 15,16 More recently, García-Molina et al 25 conducted an observational study to assess the validity of the Spanish version of the Scale in pressure ulcers (PU), showing a sensitivity of 91.18%, specificity of 76.50%, positive predictive value of 36.05% and negative predictive value of 98.35%.…”