Development and Psychometric Properties of the Pressure Injury Prevention Knowledge Questionnaire in Spanish Nurses

María Dolores López-Franco, Laura Parra-Anguita, Inés María Comino-Sanz and Pedro L. Pancorbo-Hidalgo
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María Dolores López-Franco: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Laura Parra-Anguita: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Inés María Comino-Sanz: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Pedro L. Pancorbo-Hidalgo: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: Pressure injuries (PIs) are a major health problem with severe implications for patients. Professionals who care for people at risk should have high knowledge about PIs prevention. The actual knowledge can be measured using different tools, but we have found no questionnaire to measure the knowledge on PIs prevention developed and validated for Spanish-speaking countries. The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire in Spanish to measure the knowledge about PIs prevention based on current international guidelines. Content validity was evaluated by 12 experts in wound care. A convenience sample of 438 nursing professionals from Spain participated to evaluate the questionnaire using item analysis, Rasch model, and known-groups validity. The PI Prevention Knowledge (PIPK) questionnaire shows good discrimination and difficulty indices. The 31-item PIPK shows good fit and reliability of 0.98 for items and 0.72 for people; also, it has enough evidence for construct validity. Because the questionnaire has been developed based on the recommendations from international guidelines, the English version of this questionnaire could be used in further studies to test its psychometric properties.

Keywords: knowledge; prevention; surveys and questionnaires; nursing staff; validation studies; pressure ulcer (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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