 Development of “The Safe Psychiatric Ward Batteryâ€Maryam Vahidi, Hossein Namdar Areshtanab, Hossein Ebrahimi and Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi Clinical Nursing Research, 2023, vol. 32, issue 2, 375-383 Abstract: This study reports the development process and psychometric testing of the safe environment in psychiatric wards instrument. In this mixed-methods study, the concept of a safe environment was explained with a qualitative study by performing semi-structured interviews with patients and staff and ward observation. Then, the items of the instrument were designed using qualitative data and a literature review. Content and construct validity, internal consistency, stability, and inter-rater agreement were evaluated. This study produced an instrument consisting of two sections. The first section was a scale (α = .920). Exploratory factor analysis of the scale identified two dimensions of “engagement†(α = .931) and “perception†of the physical environment (α = .760). The second section was a checklist with two dimensions, “accident-free living environment†and “staff empowerment.†The intra-class correlation coefficients for the scale and checklist were .912 and .809, respectively. This study suggests that this instrument is a valid and reliable tool to assess safety in psychiatric wards. Keywords: environment; hospitals; inpatients; instrumentation; psychiatric; qualitative research; safety (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:clnure:v:32:y:2023:i:2:p:375-383 DOI: 10.1177/10547738221085614 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Clinical Nursing Research |
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