Development and External Validity of a Short-Form Version of the INICIARE Scale to Classify Nursing Care Dependency Level in Acute Hospitals

Ana María Porcel-Gálvez, Sergio Barrientos-Trigo, Elena Fernández-García, Regina Allande-Cussó, María Dolores Quiñoz-Gallardo and José Miguel Morales-Asencio
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Ana María Porcel-Gálvez: Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
Sergio Barrientos-Trigo: Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
Elena Fernández-García: Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
Regina Allande-Cussó: Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
María Dolores Quiñoz-Gallardo: Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (IBS), Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18012 Granada, Spain
José Miguel Morales-Asencio: Faculty of Health Sciences, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Universidad de Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 22, 1-19

Abstract: Background: The increasing dependence care in patients hospitalized in acute hospitals around the world entails classification systems heeding the wide range of care dependency levels generated by the many different types of dependent patients. This article is a report of a study assessing the validity and reliability of a short-from version of the instrument (Inventario del NIvel de Cuidados mediante Indicadores de Resultados de Enfermería (INICIARE)) used to classify inpatients according to their care dependency level. Methods: The validation, carried out in a multicenter longitudinal study, included three different samples: the first sample of 1800 patients to evaluate the reliability and validity, a second of 762 patients for confirmatory factor analysis, and a third of 762 to test the short-form version. Patients over 16 years of age, admitted to medical or surgical units at 11 public hospitals, were included. Results: The final sample included 3605 patients. Patients had a mean age of 64.5 years, 60% were admitted to medical units, with severe dependency. The validation process yielded two versions of the instrument: a 40-item version, with eight factors with 83.6% of total variance explained and Cronbach’s alpha values between 0.98 and 0.92, and a short-form with 26 items, with five factors and Cronbach’s alpha values between 0.96 and 0.90. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis yielded a good fit model to the 40-item version (Chi Square on Degrees of Freedom CMIN/DF) = 1.335; Normed Fit Index (NFI); Tucker–Lewis Index (TLI); Comparative Fit Index (CFI) > 0.90; Standardized Residual Root Mean Square (RMSEA) = 0.02; and Standardized Residual Root Mean Square (SRMR) = 0.027) and 26-item version (Chi Square on Degrees of Freedom CMIN/DF = 1.385; NFI = 0.998; CFI = 0.999; RMSEA = 0.02; and SRMR 0.02). Both INICIARE versions obtained a high correlation between them (r = 0.96; p < 0.001). Conclusion: INICIARE has proved to be a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of the level of care dependency of acutely hospitalized patients.

Keywords: assessment tools; dependency care; health measurements; hospitals; instrument development; nursing care; outcome assessment; psychometrics; scales; validation studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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