Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of the intensive care oral care frequency and assessment scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to translate the Intensive Care Oral Care Frequency and Assessment Scale into Chinese and to evaluate its reliability and validity in Chinese ICU patients.

Methods

This study was conducted using a cross-sectional survey design in ICUs of three tertiary hospitals in Huai'an and Taizhou from October 2022 to April 2023. The Chinese version of the Intensive Care Oral Care Frequency and Assessment Scale (C-ICOCFAS) was developed by expert consultation and cultural adaptation according to the two-person verbatim translation-back translation criteria described in the Brislin model. Item analysis was conducted using correlation analysis, and validity analysis included content validity, construct validity, and criterion validity. Reliability

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806095 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature