TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a Tool for the Assessment of Nurses' Attitudes Toward Delirium
AU - Papastavrou, Evridiki
AU - Papaioannou, Maria
AU - Evripidou, Melina
AU - Tsangari, Haritini
AU - Kouta, Christiana
AU - Merkouris, Anastasios
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The prevalence of delirium during hospitalization is high in older patients and there is evidence of staff regarding them as unpopular or a burden. This study aims to develop an instrument examining nurses' attitudes toward patients with delirium. METHODS: Stages included (a) content identification, (b) content development, (c) content critique, (e) pilot study with a test-retest reliability, (f) field study consisting of psychometric testing of the internal consistency and construct validity. RESULTS: The Cronbach's alpha was 0.89 and the stability reliability was acceptable. The factor analysis resulted in three factors explaining a total of 56.5% of the variance. hese factors are "beliefs," "behavior," and "emotions," explaining 37.025%, 12.792%, and 5.652% of variance. CONCLUSIONS: The Attitude Tool of Delirium (ATOD) is a reliable and valid instrument for the assessment of attitudes toward delirium.
AB - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The prevalence of delirium during hospitalization is high in older patients and there is evidence of staff regarding them as unpopular or a burden. This study aims to develop an instrument examining nurses' attitudes toward patients with delirium. METHODS: Stages included (a) content identification, (b) content development, (c) content critique, (e) pilot study with a test-retest reliability, (f) field study consisting of psychometric testing of the internal consistency and construct validity. RESULTS: The Cronbach's alpha was 0.89 and the stability reliability was acceptable. The factor analysis resulted in three factors explaining a total of 56.5% of the variance. hese factors are "beliefs," "behavior," and "emotions," explaining 37.025%, 12.792%, and 5.652% of variance. CONCLUSIONS: The Attitude Tool of Delirium (ATOD) is a reliable and valid instrument for the assessment of attitudes toward delirium.
KW - attitude
KW - delirium
KW - nursing
KW - validation
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U2 - 10.1891/1061-3749.27.2.277
DO - 10.1891/1061-3749.27.2.277
M3 - Article
C2 - 31511410
AN - SCOPUS:85072129687
SN - 1061-3749
VL - 27
SP - 277
EP - 296
JO - Journal of Nursing Measurement
JF - Journal of Nursing Measurement
IS - 2
ER -