PURPOSE T in Swedish hospital wards and nursing homes : A psychometric evaluation of a new pressure ulcer risk assessment instrument

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AIM: To evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Pressure Ulcer Risk Primary or Secondary Evaluation Tool (PURPOSE T); reliability (inter-rater and test-retest) and validity (convergent validity) in a Swedish context.

BACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers are considered as an adverse event and are a problem in healthcare worldwide. The first step in pressure ulcer prevention is to identify patients that are at risk. PURPOSE T is a new pressure ulcer risk assessment instrument that was developed in the UK using "golden standard" instrument method.

DESIGN: Observational, descriptive and comparative.

METHODS: A total of 235 patients and 28 registered nurses were recruited (May 2018-November 2018) from six hospital wards at a university hospital and two community nursing homes in Sweden. Blinded (ward/nursing home nurses and expert nurses) PURPOSE T assessments and follow-up retests were undertaken. Cross-tabulation and kappa statistics were used to examine the reliability, and phi correlation was used to test the convergent validity. The study followed the STROBE guideline.

RESULTS: The clinical evaluation showed "very good" (kappa) inter-rater and test-retest reliability for PURPOSE T assessment decision overall. The agreement of "at risk"/"not at risk" for both inter-rater and test-retest was also high, at least 95.5%. The convergent validity between PURPOSE T and other traditional assessment instruments was moderate.

CONCLUSION: The evaluation of PURPOSE T demonstrated good psychometric characteristics. Further research is needed to evaluate PURPOSE T's usability among registered nurses.

RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: There is a lack of evidence-based validated pressure ulcer risk assessment instruments for use in health care. According to our findings, the Swedish version of PURPOSE T could be used in hospitals and nursing homes to identify patients in risk or with pressure ulcers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical nursing - 29(2020), 21-22 vom: 11. Nov., Seite 4066-4075

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hultin, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Karlsson, Ann-Christin [VerfasserIn]
Öhrvall, Margareta [VerfasserIn]
Coleman, Susanne [VerfasserIn]
Gunningberg, Lena [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Evaluation
Journal Article
Nursing
Pressure ulcer
Primary prevention
Reliability
Risk assessment
Secondary prevention
Validity

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Date Completed 29.06.2021

Date Revised 29.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jocn.15433

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313135606