The Family Involvement in Care Questionnaire-An instrument measuring family involvement in inpatient care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family involvement in care can be seen as a prerequisite for high-quality family-centered care. It has been identified to improve both patient safety and the quality of care by reducing patient complications and hospital length of stay.

Objective

To develop and evaluate the content validity of a questionnaire measuring family involvement in inpatient care.

Methods

The study followed a systematic approach in building a rigorous questionnaire: identification of domain, item generation, and assessment of content validity. The content validity index was calculated based on ratings of item relevance by an expert group consisting of seven senior nurses. Subsequently, 19 online cognitive interviews using the Think-aloud method were conducted with family members of

SUBMITTER: Drakenberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426968 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature