Developing Orphanage Adolescents Stress Scale

Nursing in Critical Care

Tolba

Abbas

et al. 2021

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.

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and validation of a daily assessment tool for critically ill patients

Nursing in Critical Care

Tolba

Abbas

et al. 2021

“…Experts were asked to mark whether the item(s) should be maintained, excluded, or modified. 15,16 The content experts evaluated the dimensionality and 22 corresponding items using a 4-point scale (1 = irrelevant, 2 = somewhat relevant if the phrasing is profoundly adjusted, 3 = applicable with some adjustment to the language, and 4 = very appropriate). 17 The item was considered when rated by 50% or more of the experts' panel as necessary.…”

Section: The Content Validity Index For Items (I-cvi)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and Validation of a Red Flag Prediction Model for Admission of COVID-19 Patients to the Intensive Care Unit

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Gadallah

Mekkawy

et al. 2023

We aimed to develop and validate a model for the criteria for admission of COVID-19 patients to the intensive care unit (ICU). A Delphi design study was conducted. The content validity index (CVI) was used to determine the degree of agreement among the experts to validate the content of the admission criteria tool. Eleven experts determined the validity. The evaluation was conducted using a 4-point rating scale. The accepted CVI value was 0.50 and more. The model was validated with 31 items in the 5 dimensions, with the item-CVI of 1, a face validity index of 1, and a scale-level content validity index (S-CVI) value of 1. We have developed and validated a red flag prediction model for ICU admission of COVID-19 patients. The accurate implementation of this model could improve the outcomes of those patients and possibly decrease mortality.

“…In this phase, we were interested in rating the relation of each item of the scale to the underlying constructs. 22 The content experts evaluated the 6 dimensions along with their 21 corresponding items through a 4-point rating scale: (1) irrelevant, (2) somewhat relevant if the phrasing is profoundly adjusted, (3) relevant with some adjustment to the phrasing, and (4) very relevant. The content validity index for items (I-CVI) for each item in the entire instrument was calculated.…”

Section: The Content Validity Index For Itemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of a Discharge Criteria Checklist for COVID-19 Patients From the Intensive Care Unit

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Gadallah

Ahmed

et al. 2023

This study aims to develop and validate a checklist of discharge readiness criteria for COVID-19 patients from the intensive care unit (ICU). We conducted a Delphi design study. The degree of agreement among 7 experts had been evaluated using the content validity index (CVI) through a 4-point Likert scale. The instrument was validated with 17 items. All the experts rated all items as very relevant which scored the item-CVI 1, which validates all checklist items. Using the mean of all items, the scale-CVI was calculated, and it was 1. This meant validation of the checklist as a whole. With regard to the overall checklist evaluation, the mean expert proportion of the instrument was 1, and the S-CVI/UA was 1. This discharge criteria checklist improves transition of care for COVID-19 patients and can help nurses, doctors, and academics to discharge COVID-19 patients from the ICU safely.